Google Recruiter Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – 1) Phone
2) On-site (G+ Hangout with managers and team members from other campuses)

Time from first contact to offer was less than two weeks. They are very focused on quick feedback and candidate experience.

Interview Details – The interview will take 4 people from the team 30 minute increments/2 hour interview in total. Each interviewer will ask questions that pertain to:

Googlyness-Culture Fit
Leadership-Leadership abilities from past jobs
Problem Solving-Thinking outside of the box
Role Related-Experience

Interview Details – Long interview process, hiring based on GPA and job performance. Phone interviews can be 1-3. Onsite interview one round of 4 interviews, can be 30-45 min. Once hiring manager gives thumbs up recruiter has to complete a packet to justify hiring. Two formal review committes to respond to. All hiring is done through committee. Hiring manager has no recourse.

Interview Details – Phone interview is easy and basic! Warning: they will ask logic/riddle questions in one-one in person interviews, not expected for this position!

Interview Details – I was first contacted by a sourcer who conducted an initial prescreen. Very basic info - what Google products do you use, what's your background, education, etc. Then, he set up an interview for me in the NYC office (I was home in New York), but via video conference with team members in Mountain View. The interview was supposed to consist of 3 back-to-back 20 minute interviews. However, during the first interview, it became clear that I wasn't a good fit for the RC (Recruiting Coordinator) role and I would be a better fit for a Sourcer role. After the first person finished with me, she found two Sourcers to come in and complete the interviews.

I was very impressed by Google's ability to turn on a dime and re-route me mid-interview for a role that was a better fit. About one week later, I received a call with an offer.

Negotiation Details – I didn't do any negotiation because I was satisfied with their initial offer. I was fresh out of college and happy to take anything I was offered.

Interview Details – Applied through Google Jobs. Emailed a recruiter. Got an email back from a different recruiter the next day. Set up a phone interview for a couple days later. Tell me about your resume / current job / average day. Why google? What google apps do you like/use? Tell me about a time when..... questions. Few days later, got asked when I'd be able to come in for in person interviews. Had two separate 1:1 interviews. Lots of "tell me about a time when..." "why google" "why this position" "what makes you qualified", "what would you do if...". No crazy logic games or puzzles. Each interview lasted 1/2 hr. I thought it went really well, but they decided to "pass on my background" -- i think b/c I didn't have large corporate experience.

Interviews rated as difficult b/c they asked a lot of "tell me about a time when..." questions. Be prepared with examples of every possible scenario you can think of. I came prepared, but you gotta be on the ball.

Interview Details – I am a recruiter myself and as a candidate at Google I had the worst interview and candidate experience ever. They have zero candidate empathy and the attitude is they know everything and expect candidates to know every thing on this planet.

Reason for Declining – I don't know what excuse they have to not to be a normal human and treat candidates human. I feel they think candidates are a commodity and this will come to haunt them one day.

I will never work with an organization who treats people like a commodity.

Interview Details – a recruiter from google contacted me by email, and scheduled a phone interview. a decision post the initial phone interview was made within 2 wks.

Interview Details – Contacted by a staffing agency for a 1 year contract role with Google as a recruiter. I had two face to face interviews with 2 people on each occasion. They asked a lot of problem solving questions with no correct answers, they wanted to see my process for solving the problem and arriving at the answer. They want to know which Google products you use, your familiarity with their technology. Overall they were not very friendly and this was not an easy interview.