Glassdoor has helped me immensely while preparing for my interview, so I'd like to pay it forward! 1. I had an internal referral that really helped my app get noticed. A recruiter reached out to schedule a phone interview with me about a day after I submitted my app. The phone interview itself was very nice and conversational due to my recruiter being so friendly! She asked me a behavioral and hypothetical question instead of the usual "why Google/this position question", which I appreciated. She said she would fwd my app to the hiring team and give me an update. 2. Two days after that, I was informed that I was going to be moving on to the next step - which involved three 30 minute interviews with different members of the team I would be potentially working with. I was given 9 days in between, and one thing that really helped me was that I immediately started preparing. **Note about preparation: I prepared for about 2-3 hours every day. Do NOT cram!!** The recruiter and I touched base in the middle of that 9 day period to help me out with preparation - she explained to me that the questions asked were behavioral and hypothetical. So look at the job description, write up any specific job-related questions you think could be asked, and cross-reference with the most common behavioral/hypothetical interview questions. Then, practice your answers out loud. 3. The phone interviews were via Hangouts. Due to my rigorous prep, I did not feel nervous at all and instead felt very at ease. I was able to let my personality shine through and I think this really helped me, along with the fact that all my interviewers were friendly and conversational as well. There were about 2-3 questions asked per interview, depending on how long your answers were. 4. After the interviews, I was given a waiting period of a week to see if I would advance to the next step (hiring committee). This was probably the hardest part of the interview process due to the waiting. After a week, I was given the amazing news that they wanted to give me an offer!!!!