Applied online.
Within one week, I was contacted for a phone interview. The phone interview was scheduled one month after their first email.
One week afterwards, the onsite interview was scheduled three weeks after that. There were four interview sessions and a lunch in between. Currently waiting on their decision.
The lunch session with the Google employee will not affect their hiring decision.
You should ask about the internal workings of the company.
How are projects assigned? How much is the annual income increase?
The following metrics were computed from 748 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.