I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Google in July 2010
Interview
It seemed quite vague. I was approached based on a contact I had there and had an initial HR screening discussion / interview by phone. That was followed with a conversation (by phone) with a person that I never subsequently met in person and who was a little short / blunt with her questions on the phone. I expected to meet her later but never did. Those calls were then followed with 3 short interviews during one day with 3 different personnel from different areas / departments. I got the feeling they were generally fishing rather than considering me for a specific role. One (the most senior of the 3) was a bit blunt or rude and seemed to be making a point of spending as little time as possible. He asked a couple of vague questions or almost made comments that could be open to either positive or negative interpretations regardless of the response I gave. It seemed a bit disorganised and overall not a very pleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We like creative people here. How have you been creative in your role?
I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Google (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Oct 2011
Interview
Interview process was just awesome. Though it was phone in, setting my apprehensions aside, it went well, the interviewer kept a cool head and most importantly i was able to do be tension free only because off his cool attitude. he gave me ample time to answer questions and there was no tension as a result and in the end i did the interview well. They asked questions starting from personal habits to aptitude, quant, verbals and knowledge(regarding Google, their products and offerings)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if a concert went awry(say the singer refused to come or a sudden engagement cropped up for the singer and couldnt do the concert)?
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Hyderābād) in Aug 2011
Interview
Resume was referred by a friend at Google. That helped me get a chance at an interview. Initial screening done over the phone to understand my background and my fit for the job. Once this was cleared, I was flown to Hyderabad for 1:1 interviews.
The interviewers usually are on time and take a lot of notes. Questions asked were on generic management, managing teams and people, project management, online advertising, How will you monetize google's assets etc?
The second interview was with a manager from a different team. Questions around how can Google compete with facebook, How can you control spam on Social Networks etc.
After that I had 2 interviews via phone with teams from MTV and Australia. Questions are similar, though some interviewers really drill you down. Two questions which we spent a lot of time on were -- 1. What are the 3 major changes you would make on any google product and 2. After you have made those changes, how will you make that a billion$ business.
Once the interviews are done, a long wait begins for the HR to communicate the next steps. This is the period of uncertainity. Though the HR does provide an update, it is mostly reactive.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are the 3 major changes you would make on a Google Product ? Once you have made those changes, how will you make it a billion$ product ?