I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Berkeley, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
I applied online, just like most applicants do, and got an email from a recruiter saying that he'd like to have a short conversation with me. Afterwards, he wrote to me about setting technical interviews, which I scheduled for four weeks later. I had two back to back 45-minute interviews (One was a resume content interview, and the other one was a coding interview). Both interviewers were super-helpful in providing possible hints, and geared me to getting the solutions they were expecting. Overall, It was an incredible experience. Ended up not getting the job, but will definitely be applying next semester.
I applied for the position online. A recruiter reached out and scheduled two back to back phone interviews. The first one was behavioral and included a code reading portion, and the second one was a technical coding question.
Short essay responses included with resume and then 2 back to back 45 minute interviews, both technical questions. Nothing very complicated (certainly not the level you get for the real software engineering internship) but they're still looking for smart people who absolutely know their stuff. It's important to review your computer science courses and understand fundamentals, but don't expect some crazy question from Leetcode to pop up.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Applied online and heard back about two weeks later. There were two technical phone interviews, 45 minutes each. Interviewers were super friendly. The interviews were mostly technical, and the second interviewer asked a few questions about my resume.