I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Oakland, CA) in Sep 2016
Interview
The first interview went well and the interviewer was friendly. The conversation was positive and productive. Before I even made it home, I was invited back for another interview.
50 minutes before my 2nd interview, while I was on my way there, they cancelled. They stated "family emergency". I went along with it as they said they would reschedule. I checked back with them 2 days later and have still not heard anything back from them.
Very self-driven, first of multiple rounds, where I had to take the initiative to arrive at the problem, constraints, approach, solutions, tradeoffs and reasoning behind it in a matter of 30 minutes.
You would have to do a hiring assessment first, then a recruiter screening follows. First round interview with the hiring manager. Majorly product sense and product improvement. The questions were not direct though.
Overall a lot of steps to the interview process. Talked to different people and had opportunities to ask questions. Many different stages which made it a lengthy process overall. Wasn't too bad.
