Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 643 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Google overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Google as a Product Manager according to 643 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2009
Interview
Phone screening is fairly aggressive, like making an attempt to demonstrate you're just not worthy of being there. That kind of attitude permeated the on-site interviewing as well. The "test" portion is mostly an effort to show that you could be joining this elite club, but only if you prove your worth. It came off as a bit intimidating and arrogant, but not insufferably so. Try to read through the sample questions on Business Insider and elsewhere on the web to get a sense of the problem-solving type questions you are going to face. While there might not be "wrong answers" to some of the open-ended problems, there is definitely an ability to shine or fizzle when you get the floor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We already have a lot of really smart people here coming up with great ideas, how are you going to make a difference?
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
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.