I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY) in Jan 2024
Interview
I had a Google SWE offer and wanted to explore product management. They moved me straight to on-site. I talked about products that I liked and why, and was asked to design products for specific situations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design an elevator algorithm for the Google office
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.
