Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 59 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 Sales Associate according to 59 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 14%
Background check: 11%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google in Aug 2012
Interview
After a phone interview, went on site to be interviewed by people involved in the project. Pretty basic questions regarding background and experiences, and some more challenging as how I would increase the number of sales by X% - and a very detailed answer for my step by step on this process was expected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you determine the reason for a decrease in sales of google products?
The process was pretty easy and straight forward. Depending on level usually a couple rounds of interviews but just depends. We’re all done virtually and less than one hour. Very responsive during whole process.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Feb 2026
Interview
Professional and quick response, the recruiter is willing to help you at all the questions. it takes total 4 rounds of interviews and quick move to the offer. Overall the experices are quite good
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me the most important task you have been handed over
Challenging. Structured. Three questions. Requires structured answers. Emphasis on role related knowledge and cognitive ability. Very relevant to role. I would do case studies and have examples of oast experiences written in an understandable form as reference