I applied online in November 2015 and received HR's email within a week.
Normally, there would be a phone coding interview and then the onsite.
I did not get the chance to go onsite.
The phone interview included a coding question about finding the longest substring that is a legal word. It's similar to the subset question.
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer (New Grad) role in United States.
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer (New Grad) roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer (New Grad) interview process in United States.