I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Mar 2008
Interview
I applied online and heard back from a recruiter, who scheduled a phone interview with me. In that interview, I spoke mostly about my background and interest in working for Google. After the phone interview was the adwords worksheet, which was a set of exercises that took about an hour to complete. I thought that was a bit difficult, but I got through to the next round, which was in-person interviews.
I prepped for the Interview a lot, learning the AdWords product and others as well. I felt very prepared going into the on-site interviews.
I interviewed one-on-one with 4-5 Google staffers from different disciplines. Everyone was very friendly, but the interviews were intense. I had to show a lot of knowledge about their product offerings, explain things like "How would you explain the Internet to a five year old?", and also speak to my strengths and value for Google. I felt the interviews went really well, but in the end, they didn't feel I had enough customer service experience for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you explain the Internet to a five year old?
first in person interview after online . First job interview . Interviewer was very kind, and encouraging. It covered both soft skills for communications, and technical questions related to the job requirement
Good and total 5 rounds there. Jam, technical interview, HR round and some more are there. It was good. Nice experience. It was a walk-in drive. More than 300 members attended
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Google (Paris)
Interview
2 phone screens (1 with recruitment and 1 with team member) and 2 on-site interviews ( with 2 managers). Roughly 30mins/interview.Everyone was very friendly, even though the questions were not easy. Lots of questions about experience, no question such as "what are your 3 qualities and weaknesses". Very interested in what I was doing outside of work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about a time when you faced a challenge at work and how you approached it.