I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2017
Interview
This was a 45 minute phone screen. The interviewer called 10 minutes late, so it was only about 35 minutes. No small talk and nothing related to past experience. Interviewer introduced himself and then went straight into the question.
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.