Interview process is very long and drawn out. Started by submitting my resume in late November. I then had to answer a series of pre-interview questions in a doc, along with three writing samples. I submitted everything in early December and didn't hear anything for over a month, despite several requests for a status (I realize the holidays were around this time, but that's still ridiculous). I read on here that others had a phone screen but I didn't. The next step was I was offered an interview in Sunnyvale with a panel of five 45-minute interviews and a lunch with a Googler who wasn't part of the panel. Three were tech writers and two were engineers and asked a series of experience and hypothetical questions. The tech writer portions were pretty standard; nothing caught me off guard and were more about previous projects and work habits. The engineer ones were tough for someone not super technical like myself (see below for examples). None of the people on the panel were the hiring manager and no one had any details on the role. About a week later the recruiter informed me that despite four of the five people giving me a yes, one said no and that was it.