I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Breslavia) in Apr 2016
Interview
I went through 2 telephone interviews, hr member was very friendly during the interview however i've had a feeling that the questions were very standard and automated. Interviews were rescheduled last minute twice and the interviewer was late over 45 minutes, what was a bit of an issue due to 8hrs time difference I ended up having an interview at 2am.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Google (Dublín, Dublín) in Aug 2016
Interview
I applied online, was contacted by the recruiter later the same day via email, and was asked to select a time slot for a phone interview with her. During the phone interview the recruiter realised that I have over 5 years of full time working experience, since I went to university full-time, maintained a good GPA, worked full-time and slept and had a social life on a part-time basis. She said she thought that my work experience was part-time.
The recruiter told me that the position was for a fresh graduate or a person with up to two years of working experience and that she would check with her colleagues can they consider me. She emailed me a few minutes later letting me know that they can't consider me.
I am a bit disappointed now for a few reasons, I feel like I'm being punished for working hard, because I studied and worked full time in parallel. Secondly Google portrays themselves as a company that employs people from different backgrounds, with different life stories, etc. but it turns out they are looking for a very specific, cookie cutter type of person.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Dublín, Dublín)
Interview
lengthy, enjoyable and disappointing in the end. overall very enjoyable. On sight interview went extremely well. was sure of the job, but was told work experience was not relevant enough. dealt with at least 7 different recruiters. Even if interview goes well, prepare yourself for the worst, and apply for other jobs
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do to improve Google as a company, 3 examples ?