I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Stanford, CA) in Feb 2014
Interview
The interview process involved two phone interviews in the early morning for me, as both interviewers were based on the east coast while I was on the west coast. The recruiter took a while to get back to me, and I was surprised that I had to sign a NDA before interviewing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions weren't difficult--I just was a little rusty in the morning and didn't do so well. I think the hardest one was to traverse a linked list and remove any odd elements.