I found a position listed on the Google website that looked like a perfect fit, given that it was very similar to my existing position. I proceeded to apply via the website, and a recruiter reached out to me. I was quizzed on various topics and eventually moved to the next step: a phone screen.

The phone screen went well, and a few more weeks passed before I received a request for an in-person interview.

The in-person interview was several hours long, and I had the opportunity to meet with various senior-ranking individuals as well as a technical engineer who asked me the critical problem-solving question. I am confident that the question was answered correctly.

Despite hearing positive results from a majority of the interviewers, I did not get an offer.

The position has been up for eight months since I first saw it and is still there today as I write this review. The position may have been up even longer before I found it.

In other companies, if you leave a requisition open this long, you lose the req because you can function so long without it.

The question was an algorithm question, where the task was to find the optimum way to achieve the results.