I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google (Menlo Park, CA) in Jul 2022
Interview
It was a regular process make sure you have a few companies you like and what you would improve product wise. Try thinking outside of the box and maybe even collaborate with the interviewer. My recruiter was pretty awesome which is always a plus and honestly a huge decision maker. They stopped the hiring process at round 4 of the interview and then the lay offs came.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite app? And how would you improve 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.
