I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Tel Aviv) in Mar 2010
Interview
Everything was run online very efficient and correctly. Personal emails with relevant questions. No feeling of automatic processing.
A telephone interview was setup with someone from Ireland or elsewhere in Europe. I did not get any information as to the title and position of the interviewer nor what to expect. I thought it was a HR interview and it turned out to be a professional interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically asked me how Google can beat Apple. It was some years ago when android was still much behind both market share and technology wise. Easy to answer the question, but the dude did not like my answer. What a pity, Apple would have been out of business if they has listened to me...
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.