I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Chelsea, NY) in Sep 2010
Interview
Google initially responded to my application just prior to September of 2010, and scheduled a phone interview that proved quite pleasant. I next had a phone interview with their Manager of Technical Account Management Services on 9/3/2010, which also proved affable, informative and promising. My third round interview, held in-person at their Chelsea office in New York, occurred on 9/9/2010. This was easily the most difficult interview I have participated in, with brain-teaser questions as well as more content-driven questions about website monetizing and so on. The onsite interview seemed surprisingly disorganized; I met with a different group of people than indicated at first. Everyone at the office seemed intelligent and satisfied, and all of my interviewers were courteous and professional.
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Question 1
You have 78 pencils, 51 files, 152 paintbrushes and 142 felt tip pens. How many writing pads do you need?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me, we had an initial conversation, then I had to take this online behavioural assessment which was a requirement to get to the first round, which is the manager round. Once I passed that, I was scheduled for my first round with the manager.
Yes, this role is technical, but don’t be like me, who focused all their energy on perfecting technical knowledge of GCP.
Your first round will be a bunch of scenario based customer facing questions. Focus on understanding enough to talk fluently about network design in GCP, VPC, Subnet, PSA, PSC. And how to manage customer expectations
Onprem to cloud connection solutions, vpn, interconnect.
Good luck and I hope you experience the joy of landing this role that I hoped for.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2025
Interview
The recruiting process was managed by Randstad on behalf of Google HR and it was a horrible experience. So much so that I'll never apply to Google again. Four interviews total; initial role-related knowledge, general cognitive ability, role-related knowledge 2 & googleyness/leadership. The last three interviews involved questions completely out of left field which had nothing to do with the actual role. I’ve been hired by and worked at Amazon Web Services before so I know how to handle difficult interviews, but this experience was a total joke…a complete waste of 3.5 hrs.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google
Interview
The first round interview was with someone on the team based in a different state. They asked a range of technical scenarios to gauge my understanding of the relevant technologies required for the role on the Google cloud team
