I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
- Recruiter contacted me via email and we had a 30 minute chat where he talked about Google and PM at Google
- 1-hour phone interview with a PM (1-2 weeks later)
- On-site with 5 interviews (1 Eng, 4 PM) + lunch (non-evaluative) with a PM (~ 2-3 weeks later)
- Decision came ~ 1 week after on-site
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
PM interviews were mostly around products I use, and how I would improve them/develop a roadmap for them if I was the PM. Also some questions about past work experience as a PM as well as math-type problems (though they were usually woven into the product questions - no standalone brainteasers).
Eng interview involved designing a system and whiteboarding the solution while talking through it.
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.
