I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2010
Interview
Horrible process, was told numerous times they were proceeding but then they didn't call for a month then booked another face to face and then told it was going forward again and no contact for a month. Finally I sent a note saying I assume this is not going forward and 2 weeks later they responded saying it wasn't but they would like to stay in contact. No thanks.
It was a smooth interview process and it was completely using AI with out any human intervention, AI was asking good question but in between it got stuck but overall it was good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself in brief and explain your previous experience in human resource?
Very well organized. Process oriented, got the results and feedback after the interview rounds. , with a group of candidates, or with a panel. Interviews are conducted in person, over the phone or by email, or via video conferencing tools.
it is a very intense process with multiple rounds and meeting with several different levels of people until you are finally selected to be part of the Google team and inducted into the company