I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Nov 2021
Interview
The recruiter called me for an interview and schedule one. Though it was a first interview, she checked in on me few days before the interview to make sure I understand the interview topic. She also put about working environment and prep docs in my email invite which was super helpful.
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.
You would have to do a hiring assessment first, then a recruiter screening follows. First round interview with the hiring manager. Majorly product sense and product improvement. The questions were not direct though.
Overall a lot of steps to the interview process. Talked to different people and had opportunities to ask questions. Many different stages which made it a lengthy process overall. Wasn't too bad.