I had an interview with the recruiter. It was a standard HR interview, I was asked about my goals and experiences. The recruiter was very friendly, she explained the interview process. Next, I had a technical phone interview with a software reliability engineer at Google.

I felt that the team didn't know what they wanted. After saying that experience and knowledge of "large scale systems" wasn't required it became the deciding factor in the decision. Technical interviews were fine, but often focused on one particular technical aspect. If you didn't have knowledge in that particular area the interview didn't go well. The process did allow for a re-take of an interview if it didn't give a good signal on the first time around. I would have preferred a clearer understanding of what the company actually wanted.