I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2013
Interview
It was a great interview experience but I'm in my 40's and everyone there is in their 20's. I was very surprised to not see people in my age group. They will interview for months and months to find the right fit. Don't expect a fast turn around. Many told me they'd been trying years to finally land a job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All typical interview questions, nothing crazy like I had read about online, that was a relief.
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
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.