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"The new approach includes a new “rule of five” that limits the number of interviews a candidate can attend to no more than that number, said Laszlo Bock, head of human resources. In the past, would-be Googlers were often subjected to 12-14 interviews, he added."

Wow, they actually consider 5 interviews to be a lean approach to interviewing; no wonder their process is convoluted. Methinks Google seriously needs to rethink their org structure.

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5 would generally mean you do one 45 minute phone screen and one in-person interview where you meet with 4 people for 45 minutes each.

Given the cost of a bad hire, I personally don't think that's enough.

Well, depends on how you count. Is 4 one-two hour interviews by different people on the same day considered one interview or four? (Assuming, of course, a preliminary phone interview would constitute the fifth)

I don't think Google does interviews longer than 45 minutes for engineering.

A normal onsite interview is 45 mins and yes, a normal start is the phone screen which counts as an interview too.

I work at Google and have interviewed O(250) people there.

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