Technical Writer applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Writer roles take an average of 52 days to get hired, when considering 27 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 Technical Writer according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 21%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 4%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA)
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I don't know if Google's taking advantage of the pandemic economy or just getting cheap in general, but this Technical Writer role offered $34/hour, which is far below market for the Bay Area. (The next week, I got a call for another Google Tech Writer job paying $30/hour.) Jobs are hard to come by at the moment, so I settled for going through with it.
You'd think English mastery would be paramount to this line of work, but of the three writers I interviewed with, only one was a native speaker (the others were from/in India). The process wasn't very memorable -- just standard behavioral / situational questions -- though a communication barrier made things awkward, which didn't help rapport or chemistry.
I got the sense that it wasn't going to work out, yet they still requested that I spend another 30+ minutes taking a writing test anyway. I agreed... yet weeks went by without anything happening. I eventually asked for some kind of feedback/update, yet heard back nothing but dead silence.
Putting it all together, I got the impression of a company that tries to pay as little as they can get away with, outsources work whenever they can, and shows neither common courtesy nor respect for people's time.
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Can't remember specific questions, though the post-interview writing test had three parts: 1. writing instructions on how to make a PB&J sandwich, 2. writing a summary of Google's products/services, and 3. an editing test
Interview process was quick and very professional. Result declaration takes a lot of time sometimes.
Questions were mostly technical and situation based. It was a difficult round.
However, it was a great experience.
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They asked me mostly about technical questions and management skills.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru) in Feb 2024
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It was good and they asked core questions and took a thorough assessment. Seamless procedure must say. However, the approach of the respective person can be better. Overall the experience was good
I applied online. I interviewed at Google (Hyderābād)
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Once written was clear, i was called for in person interview. they asked about the various concepts we use in documents, different kind of guides. got stuck with the maintenance aspect of the document cycle
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they asked about the various concepts we use in documents