I first received an email from a Google talent acquisition specialist back in July. Let’s call him X. We scheduled a phone conversation over the next few days. It was an initial recruiter screening call. We began with introductions, then I was asked some basic theoretical questions, which included:

• The time complexity of various sorting algorithms.
• The time complexity of binary heap operations.

etc.

We began with an introduction of ourselves. I was then asked some basic theoretical questions, which included the time complexity of various sorting algorithms and the time complexity of binary heap operations. After that, I was briefed on the entire process and asked to choose my preferred location within India, to which I replied...