I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
There was a pretty short phone screen that involved a Fermi estimation (eg, how many golf bus can you fit in a school bus?), and then a full day onsite scheduled.
The onsite interview was literally nothing but 6 hours of Fermi estimations with 5 different people. It was the worst interview I've ever been in, there was basically no discussion of the job, no "warming up" socializing, nothing but building models for Fermi estimations. Awful.
No discussion at any point about product design, analysis (outside of Fermi estimations), no questions about estimating market sizes or ROIs on product features, etc. Basically no discussion or questions about products or the product manager role.
By the end of the onsite I was pretty annoyed and told them this was the worst interview I'd ever been in, I suspect that had something to do with no getting an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many cars are on 101 between San Francisco and Mountain View? How many piano repairmen are there in the United States? How many golf balls can you fit inside of a school bus? How many people work for Google worldwide? How many computers does Google own?
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
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.