I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2013
Interview
Recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn. After a quick phone chat, she setup a phone interview with a Product Manager. I work at a direct competitor with solid experience - so I wasn't too worried. I thought the phone interview went great, but was disappointed to hear that they are not moving forward with the process. As per Google policy, no feedback was provided.
I was surprised by the result of the interview since I thought it went great. It was casual, low key. We discussed my resume with details on instances at my job where I had demonstrated specific skills. We also discussed my favorite google product and two features that I would add to it if I were the Product Manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None. Everything was straightforward and non technical.
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.
