I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2016
Interview
I was referred by a friend. Telephone interview was set up by a recruiter. Recruiter sent an email with lot of good info, links to books etc. I think it was helpful but way too much info for telephone interview
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.
