I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Kirkland, WA) in Jul 2013
Interview
You will have a phone screen with a recruiter, then a phone interview with a current Product Manager at Google, and then onsite. The initial phone screen is easy- the phone interview with a current PM is much more challenging. Come prepared knowing about Google's products, possible improvements, and a go to market plan for your proposed product or feature.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much would it cost to implement a product improvement for the entire US?
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.