Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Project Manager according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Phone screened twice as the first position evaporated after a very positive initial phone screen process and I was forced back to square one. In the first screen, I was asked to estimate the number of windows in all of Manhattan, which I answered quite well. The second screener rejected me almost certainly because I wasn't able to adequately solve the probability question below in my head on the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the probability of pulling four of a kind from a deck of cards in five tries.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google (Pittsburgh, PA) in Jul 2013
Interview
Had a phone interview, which consisted of 3 parts: Strategical - where I was asked about the strategy behind Chrome browser and OS ; Analytical - where I was asked to analyze a new feature for YouTube ; and Techincal - where I was asked about how online authentication works.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The strategic part was probably my weakest as I didn't know the entire strategy behind the Chrome OS.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google in Jul 2013
Interview
To get to the phone interview itself took over 15 days to schedule and I went through 3 recruiters. Pretty long just for a screening phone interview. The position is a tough position to get. Most of the product managers in Google are either former entrepreneurs who got bought out by Google or extremely successful individuals with Harvard or Stanford MBA's. The software engineering position is much easier to acquire in comparison in my humble opinion. I was not fluent on the phone interview and did not answer some of the questions well.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What are three characteristics necessary for a successful product manager and what are three characteristics of a bad product manager?