I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Google in Jul 2022
Interview
Application --> Recruiter phone screen --> PM phone screen --> virtual onsite (5 interviews over 1 or 2 day/s). Interviewers were PMs from a wide variety of Google product areas. All were pleasant and the interviews were a positive experience.
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.