Interview Feedback Template: Fill & Download for Free

[Thanks for the A2A]At Google, the form is pretty basic:A) A section up top for interviewers to record their "Questions asked" (the interview feedback entry tool takes these questions and shares them with the candidate's other interviewers).B) A central section that typically lists the following 4 attributesGeneral Cognitive Ability (GCA)Role-related Knowledge & Experience (RRKE)LeadershipGoogle Culture FitDepending on the specific job requisition, these may be broken out as smaller subsets (ex: instead of a single GCA attribute, "Analytical Ability" and "Problem Solving" could be listed -- or instead of RRKE, "Security Architecture" and "Incident Response" might be listed. Rarely, however, will the total # of attributes exceed 6 or 7 though.[At least in Google's engineering org] In this middle section, Google's interviewers typically will repeat the questions asked, document the candidate's actual answers to the questions in detail, and provide an assessment of the candidate's answer(s). Non-eng functions often don't provide the same granularity of detail on the questions and answers and simply provide their assessment of the candidate's answer(s).C) At the bottom is a section for "Overall Conclusions".And lastly, is a field in which interviewers enter a numeric score (Google uses a scale that ranges from 1.0 to 4.0 (with single-decimal granularity).

My best guess — the Recruiter simply made an error and said on-site when they really meant phone screen. Google's Recruiters regularly use templates for their more standardized emails — and the most likely scenario is that they simply didn't adjust the <interview type> before hitting send.It is, of course, *possible* that the Recruiter confused another candidate's interview history when they sent you the email. This is highly improbable, however, because of the way Google's applicant tracking system is designed. To get from a candidates interview feedback to composing an email to them takes only 2 clicks, and they'd have to go through a very circuitous sequence of steps to get from another candidate's interview history to an email window with your address.However, if you want a definitive answer, ask the employee who referred you to contact your Recruiter to ask. They can easily find the names of Recruiters for their referrals, along with their contact info in Google's internal directory.

Bob See wrote a very informative answer to another question:Does the hiring committee at Google discard feedback from an interviewer whose questions might be ill defined and random? How does the hiring committee deal with such cases? Is it able to gauge such situations?To summarize his answer:each candidate is interviewed by a hiring teameach interviewer on that team provides a score on a standardized scale (see What does the interview feedback form template look like at tech companies? for details on Google's)All questions, answers and feedback from the hiring team is reviewed by the google hiring committee. If only one interviewer has negative feedback, that doesn't tank the whole decision.They have a mechanism for rating their interviewers, so they can ensure constant improvement in their process