I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
HR pinged me via linkedin, HR chat, email writing samples and exercises, phone interview with a technical writer, then phone call from recruiter saying we'll consider you for end user doc (I have 20+ years experience writing API doc)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
describe tic-tac-toe in terms of an API, what is a project you were proud of, describe a difference of opinion regarding a document and how you handled it, questions regarding writing process, do you write sample code, have you documented a restful API