The process began with a quick online coding test, followed by an email requesting background information and setting up a phone interview.

After the phone interview, I was contacted a few days later and invited for on-site interviews.

Several calls were made to schedule the interview and to describe the process. I was then flown to San Jose for a series of four 45-minute interviews.

Google covered all travel expenses and meals.

I felt I performed well in three of the interviews but struggled significantly in the last one. The presence of a shadow interviewer did not help.

Each interview had one or more questions in a different area.

For me, the interviews were broken up into questions about:

• Algorithms
• Design
• Bit manipulation
• Operating systems