I had a pleasant time interviewing with everyone but unfortunately their team matching processes is terrible. I got matched to 2 different teams and both times the interviewer did not follow the interview format I was informed about.
Since I already passed all of the technical and behavioral interviews, I was told that the team matching interview would be more of a conversation where I can ask more questions about the team. Instead, both times the interviewer asked me technical questions and had me come up with research study plans on the spot. This is not a problem for most interviews but when you’re explicitly told that you will not have to to that, it creates a poor experience
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Boulder, CO) in Oct 2016
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Google has a very tedious and lengthy interview process, but they communicate very clearly throughout every step of the way.
First, after submitting my online application and supplying several internal letters of reference, I was finally reached out to by a recruiter and invited to a phone screener. Then, about a month later, I got to do the technical interview, which was also over the phone. It took a little over an hour and was very pleasant and straightforward. A few weeks after that I was sadly notified that I would no longer be invited for the on-site interview because another candidate had already been selected for the position.
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The phone screener consisted of basic interview questions, nothing surprising. The technical interview was more rigorous, and specific to my area of research, but met my expectations and preparation efforts.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Aug 2025
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Tenho 12 anos de experiência, entrevista bem difícil, muitos testes e perguntas técnicas. Experiência em código não era mencionada, mas acabou sendo necessária para passar, pois Phyton é algo esperado lá dentro pelo menos em um nível básico de conhecimento.
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Descreva como você usaria Python para analisar dados de uma pesquisa de usabilidade e extrair KPIs relevantes, como taxa de sucesso, taxa de erro e tempo médio de conclusão.
Hiring assessment - online personality style test, had to complete multiple situation based questions. The amount you get depends on the role, I got ~60. Questions were trying to gauge how you'd manage conflicts in terms of integrity, organization, quality of work, collaboration, etc.
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"Would you chose to do what's right vrs what's easy?"