I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
I was referred for a position that was not yet advertised and put in touch with the hiring manager who suggested a call. I was under the impression that this was to explain the position and discuss how I could be a fit. I was not told that this was going to be an interview, with an additional intervieweer present. The interview felt like they were trying to see if I could on the spot solve some of the challenges they had been struggling with for a while, without really giving me the time or enough context to understand them. I was ghosted afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions, explaining very briefly the challenges they had with an AI-product and asking me for a concrete solution.
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.