I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Very vague process. No defined role or product. They will match you later. Nothing related to resume was covered. Questions were open ended without any clarifications or opportunity to ask questions back. Interviewer had no idea about my candidate profile. Neither did they care to ask about 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.
