I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Jul 2022
Interview
Phone screen with a recruiter, phone interviews with PMs and onsite with 3 back-to-back interviews. This process was the same as what I expected — I studied the Product Alliance Google Course and found it very useful because it provides what to expect and how to handle each interview question but also has a lot of useful info such as the roadmap of Google, strategic overviews on important Google products, etc. which ended up helping me ask engaging questions and I think that's how I might have stood out from other candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Say we put you in charge of Google Maps' mobile app. What are some A/B tests you'd be interested in running? And what metrics would you seek to measure in these tests?
- Design a Nest product for the garage.
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.