Extremely unimpressed with Google, in every area I had expected a lot better.

• Inattentive, lazy recruiters.
• Incorrect prep and advice videos.
• Poor interviewers.
• Incredibly slow process for no reason (I knew this going in).

The interview was actually very easy, but about half of the interviewers were not asking questions that would let you judge talent. Following their own advice about interviewing turned out to be a mistake; their interviewers didn't follow it!

Everything they said to study never actually came up. I made it to the final stage, was wanted by a team manager, and the mysterious final hiring committee rejected my application. Ridiculous.

This experience made me sell my Google stock.