I had previously interviewed with Google during my final year as a Computer Science Engineering undergraduate student. I didn't get an offer, but the recruiter said it was a close call and that she would follow up with me after two years, once I had more experience. I joined Microsoft right out of college instead.

Exactly two years later (on the same day and month), a new recruiter followed up, and I began the interview process again. A week later, I had a phone screen. After four days, the recruiter informed me that I had passed and could move on to the on-campus interviews. I was assigned a new recruiter.

Two weeks later, I flew out and had a total of five interviews at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Two weeks later, the recruiter informed me that I had passed the hiring committee. One week after that, the recruiter informed me that I had passed the final executive review, and I was provided offer details.

In general, the recruiter was polite and knowledgeable, though late to call me on a few occasions when we had chats scheduled. Also, the recruiter began discussing relocation and job perks as if I had the job, before an offer had been extended (after approval by the hiring committee, but before executive review). It sounds as though a fair number of candidates are rejected at this stage, and as such, I feel this was somewhat inappropriate.

They had me design a few fake websites and redesign the Amazon homepage. I'm not sure how this applied.