I applied online. I interviewed at Verily (Toronto, ON)
Interview
One screener
One "high level chat"
Three interviews with EMs
One interview with PM
One system design
In total SEVEN interviews.
It seems the interview process is a vestigial holdover from once being part of google. Which isn't a good thing. Especially for a leadership role where purely quantitative data (which it seemed to be the only thing the interviewers were looking for) is a poor indicator of a good leader. I feel as if I would have done better in these interviews if I had read off a list of words being looked for than actually having a conversation about leadership.
After HOURS of interviews, I only received a boilerplate rejection email and when asked for feedback, was ignored.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A hundred and one typical EM questions, but be warned: they don't really want to have a conversation or know what you think; it really feels like they're just listening for key words, so be sure to have a list you can work into your answers.
System design was pretty typical; start with a high level problem, then dig into bits and pieces of your initial solution