A recruiter contacted me via my LinkedIn account.

I had a positive communication with the recruiter, and she offered me some interesting positions in my field of Machine Learning. She scheduled an on-site "phone interview" at the Tel Aviv office, which was the first basic technical interview.

During the interview, I was asked to solve an extremely easy algorithm problem – the kind of question you'd ask a high school graduate who learned Python. Later, I was asked some general, annoying "what else, what else..." questions. They didn't ask me anything complicated where I could have expressed my experience or knowledge. I did answer correctly on everything; it was pretty easy.

I waited a week for the negative response. They said I was good but not amazing, and that they couldn't continue the process with me.

I have worked for several huge corporations and achieved significant things. I am currently working in an amazing company as an ML Algorithm Designer. The reason I considered their offer was because I believed Google is the best place for AI researchers. However, this recruiting process raised serious red flags for me. If this is how they decide if someone is "amazing" or not, I guess I should find a better place to contribute as an ML researcher.

The questions are confidential, but I guess they don't have a patent on this question.