The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2018
Interview
Phone interview with HR, followed by technical phone interview with User Researcher, followed by fit call with hiring manager, then call with HR to talk compensation and next steps which includes a full day panel interview on-site.
Pretty straight forward when you go through a vendor/ agency. Will ask you to demonstrate a project you’ve worked on and give an overview of your research skills. Everyone is really friendly and encouraging
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you talk us through a project you’ve worked on in the past?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Austin, TX) in Feb 2022
Interview
4 individual interviews via Google Meet, 1 with a hiring manager, 2 with current user researchers, and 1 with head of division. Everyone was very engaging, kind, and transparent. Scheduling happened quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time…
How do you collaborate with others…
Why this job?
How do you evaluate success of…
The interview was over the phone and involved a recruiter reaching out to see if my skill set matched any of their open positions at the time. If they had a good match they were going to put me in contact with specific managers for additional phone conversations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have experience analyzing qualitative data?
User Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for User Researcher roles take an average of 77 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a User Researcher according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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