I was initially contacted for this position by an external recruiter who was able to arrange a first face to face interview within a week. The interview lasted about an hour and was quite intense, not unfairly difficult though. The interviewer seemed to know what they were looking for and was very friendly. After this interview my recruiter told me that we would arrange the second interview within a week. Unfortunately that didn't happen because Google weren't able to schedule anything. After 6 weeks of waiting Google said that they were no longer hiring for this position as they actually didn't have the budget they thought they had. A month later I was contacted by the same recruiter again, telling me that Google are now recruiting for a similar position which they definitely have the budget for and that they specifically asked for me. The first interview was by phone and quite standard. The second interview was at their office with one merchandiser and later a video conference with a more senior employee in the US. All interviewers were very friendly, except for the person in the US who seemed to be annoyed to have to talk to me. Two weeks later I received a call from my recruiter telling me that they really liked me, but that they thought I might be better off in a merchandiser position in a different team which is why they wanted to interview me again. Since by then I had received an offer from another company, I withdrew my application since Google didn't show any commitment at all and somehow seemed to want to interview me over and over again instead of either making an offer or declining my application. I am quite angry about this since I spent a lot of time preparing interviews and speaking to different people. I don't think it's good manners to keep someone in an interview loop for over 3 months and and note make a decision.