I interviewed in NYC. No phone screen was conducted due to my previous experience.

Besides the convenience of the location, I did not enjoy the hotel I was put in. Ask for The Maritime if you get the chance.

Interview day was very good overall. The system design question was about a field that did not match my background at all, and I was a bit disappointed about that. Between review committees, team selection, and other administrative processes, it took over a month to discuss the offer details.

When it came to that phone call, my recruiter refused to give me any details if I didn’t tell him my other offers first. I didn’t. This introduced further delays and put me in a very awkward position with other companies that I was still interviewing with. I believe that Google prepared a 'low ball' offer but then refused to present it once I told them that some other players were in the game.

The offer finally arrived while I was flying to California for another interview (I can’t just sit and wait, after all). It sounded to be in the middle of the range that I asked for, but when I received it in writing, I realized that it was just below the lower range that we had discussed. Let’s blame that on miscommunication or great presentation skills on their side.

Google refused to negotiate those numbers at all on two different occasions and went into ‘radio silence’. By the time they got back to me checking if I wanted to continue the conversation, I had already accepted another offer, quit my job, and taken a flight to the other side of the world to enjoy my time off.

I cannot believe that this did not work out. Google was my number one pick at the time. No regrets.

You have a bunch of light bulbs. Store them as you wish.

Implement a function that tells you if the light is on or off given its index. Implement another function that toggles the state of the light bulbs given a start and end index.

Good. Now, how about you have a gazillion of those?