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      Product Manager Interview

      Jul 30, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Google (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      An on-site interview in MV that has in-person and virtual interviewers (even though all of the interviewers were nearby on-campus in MV). You check-in, someone comes to get you, you interview back-to-back for several 40-45min sessions. Someone comes to get you for lunch. Then more back-to-back interviews. Though they claim it's super unique, that part of the process is very similar to other tech company interviews. The only difference is that it is 100% analytical and tech focused. It's also very rushed. Surprisingly, the majority of my interviews were rapid fire questions rather than a conversation. None of which were "give me a time where" or "when have you ever". Don't expect questions to get to know what you've done, how you did it, what you've proven. It's not a part of the process, don't expect anyone to want to get to know about your experience, accomplishments, failures, etc. They don't talk about any of that. The interview process might have been conducted a bit smoother as there were several tech issues and coordination issues throughout my interview day. The interviewers could have been more "present" and less rushed as well, but they might have been trying to make up for the time lost in-between each interview due to the various technical and coordination issues that popped up throughout the day. I was also fortunate to participate in their prep-interview session prior to the on-site and phone interviews. I nailed the phone interview and did well in the prep session. But, the on-site was kinda different. Overall, it was a positive experience because it was fun talking to each of the folks and talking through their questions, but it was challenging. Listing this as a "Negative" experience (cuz of the process breakdowns and all that weirdness), but as I said it was positive cuz...well... people were nice, the questions were fun/challenging, I got to see the campus and the food really was good!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Make a product for kids
      Answer question
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      Anonymous employee
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      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
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      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)

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      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
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      Application

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