I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Difficult. It was challenging and unorthodox. It felt like more of a personality test to determine how you evaluate and solve problems than a job interview. Subject matter was vague, but the recruiter was as helpful as they could be.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Should Google go into the ticket sales business to challenge vendors like Ticketmaster?
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.
