The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2010
Interview
Started with a basic half hour phone interview and was then asked back to a hiring day at their Mountain View campus. They flew me out and had me stay overnight in a nearby hotel. The next day I had three separate one on one half hour interviews at the beginning of the day. Later all the potential new hires that were doing the same thing as me got a tour of the campus and were given a presentation about benefits and what it's like to work at Google. Then waited an excruciating three weeks for their final decision.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What's your favorite Google product and what would you do to improve it?
Very chill, messaged a few people and eventually got pointed to apply online.
Got invited to first round screening interview online and then had a one on one call with someone from the hiring team
Thorough but fair. Friendly but professional. I talked through my cv and they asked about my goals and motivations. I had to do a short presentation followed by questions and answers.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2011
Interview
Very nice process, they seem to care more whether you are a salesman and whether you are 'a google person' than really creative or innovative. Don't focus on learning about Adwords, just make sure you're able to sell yourself (or anything).
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Pitch adwords to a small flower shop in 30 seconds.
