I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2020
Interview
Resume phase > Recruiter Interview > 2 phone interviews > on-site of 6 people, each 45 minutes at a time > Hiring Committee makes a decision > "Yes hire" packet goes to all hiring managers > Hiring managers to have a short phone screen > Offer letter goes to compensation committee > negotiation happens > Offer acceptance > background check > Start date
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Calculate the total number of hours required for Americans to do their laundry every year.
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.
You would have to do a hiring assessment first, then a recruiter screening follows. First round interview with the hiring manager. Majorly product sense and product improvement. The questions were not direct though.
Overall a lot of steps to the interview process. Talked to different people and had opportunities to ask questions. Many different stages which made it a lengthy process overall. Wasn't too bad.