[clawr]

The process isn't too different now. My first interview (on campus) was mid January of this year. About a month later (mid February) I had another technical interview, after which I was put into the pool of possible interns. Then in mid March I had a "host interview" with my eventual manager, which resulted in an offer. A two month intern hiring process, when other companies make decisions within a week of the interview, seems arrogant (i.e., they don't think they need too be quick because people want to work at Google). FWIW my recruiter was very friendly, and she explained that she had a pool of about 30-40 intern candidates she was managing.

[mdwrigh2]

My process was the exact opposite. I did my two technical interviews back-to-back on a friday afternoon (4-6pm EST, so late in the day), and had been accepted to the applicant pool within the hour, with a host matching interview being setup 30 minutes after that. I interviewed Monday with my host and his manager, and was told that they were willing to host me and were going to start the approval process for an offer. I had the official offer by the end of the week.

So in under a week, I went from initial interview, to official offer. This is by _no_ means typical (and my recruiter even commented on how unbelievably fast it was), but it _does_ happen.