I applied online. I interviewed at Google in Apr 2021
Interview
I applied online and received an invitation for an interview after 2 weeks. The interview was scheduled after 2 weeks from the invite date.
Interview: I recently completed my interview for the product manager position. The interview went well. However, the interviewer was in rush to cover 5 questions along with details in 45 mins call which was not enough to cover the details that were expected.
Most Mock-Up interview training videos and even Google interview help material describes that you have to take your time and think before responding. In this case, the interviewer did not want to wait for 5 seconds to hear the answer and did not allow the complete the answer before moving on to the next one.
I recommend that you check the need of the hour, adjust your speed to the answer based on the mood of the interviewer rather than taking time before responding. We cannot change the interviewer.
Ask the interviewer how much time you have to answer each question before responding. Also, I was told that the interview will take one hour, however, the interviewer was given 45 mins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Introduce your self
2. Describe a project where you lead from the concept to delivery
3. Estimate the number of students who can to the USA in the year 2020
4. How would you improve What's App - Describe end to end process including new features, metrics, and user segments
5. How do you decide what metrics to measure for any product
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.