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Updated Mar 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)

There were 2 phone interviews, mostly asking design questions.

1. Airports are inefficient. What would you do to improve them?
2. It is difficult to remember what you read, especially after many years. Contemplate how to address this.
3. If Google were to offer a TV commercial service, how would you implement this?

The interviewers were hard to read... I still have no idea what would have made stellar answers to these.

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How would you design a TV commercial service?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jul 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took 3 weeks)

Received request for phone interview nearly six months after applying. Had a phone interview with a Post MBA product manager. The interview felt very rushed. Spent the majority of time talking about my favorite Google Product, a technology that excites you and how to value twitter. Received a thank you for applying email 1 week later.

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What is your favorite google product and what would you change about it?

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2008 in Santa Clara, CA (took a day)

I was emailed after submitting my resume through their online process (canned email). Two weeks later I received an email saying they would like to have a phone interview. I replied yes and they scheduled something for the next day (no alternative times offered). I had two phone interviews with Associate Product Managers. The first consisted of questions to show how much I loved Google (how much do you use our products and how many products can you name). The second interview had more questions about what new product I would want to champion for development at Google.

1 week letter I received a thank you for applying email. A day after that an email asking me to provide feedback on their interview process.

My opinion of their interview process: I would say that it felt like they were checking the box by replying to my resume and had no real job available (aka they wasted my time). This was reaffirmed by my interviewers attitudes which sounded like they had no time. One of them was also fairly rude and full of himself which I was told after the fact is not uncommon in the company. Finally, if you aren't drinking the "Google is the best place in the world ever to work" Kool Aid I wouldnt bother applying.

Interview Questions

If you were at Google what new product would you like to have developed and why?

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5.0

Very Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took 1 week)

The onsite interview was with six people, each half an hour -- three before lunch, three after. Questions varied from person to person, ranging from personality interviews, to design questions, to brain teasers, to computer science questions.

The people were relaxed, dressed casually. The office reflected its people -- very casually designed and laid out, with lots of places to relax (pool, ping pong, arcade games, more).

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What are three long term challenges facing google?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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5.0

Very Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2009 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)

I was referred by an employee and after my resume was sent in by my referral, I received an e-mail about a month later to schedule a phone interview with a Product Manager. Google is quite flexible in scheduling the phone interview so that was great.