I got the connection through a friend. A month later, I talked to the hiring manager. Another month later, a requisition was opened, and interviews were set up. There was a lot of email contact to "keep me warm," and this was reassuring.

Strangely, they fed the answers to the questions through the questions themselves and then would keep asking until they got the answer they were looking for. Strange.

Of your favorite Google product, list your top five favorite features.

Then, tell me which two you would drop.