I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2012
Interview
I applied in November and it took 5 months before I got my first phone interview. Worked with 2 separate recruiters and the second was far more organized than the first. My interviewer forgot to call the first two times. Then after finally talking, he extended a recommendation for a second interview. However, he didn't submit feedback for over one month and finally said he no longer would be taking an intern on for the summer. Every one was nice. But unbelievably disorganized. Overall, it was a waste of time due to inefficiency.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your work at company (x) - very specific question related to technology and execution.
I had 3 rounds total. 1st round was with HR, with the remaining rounds being with the Head of Product and the tech teams. The last round was the hardest, as I had to do a portfolio review
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Bengaluru)
Interview
3 rounds of tech discussion which I cleared with a positive feedback but suddenly recruiter disappeared and when I reached out for further rounds she mentioned that they have got a internal candidate for this position. Never thought Google will be such an unprofessional organisation.
I didn't make it to the interview part of the process. I highly recommend knowing someone or going through an actual recruiter if you'd like a job at Google. Cold applying online is harder to to secure a job.
Google interviews FAQs
User Experience Design applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for User Experience Design roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 32 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 User Experience Design according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 16%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 2%
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