The phone interview started off easy with basics of C++, as it is the OO language of choice. It then progressed into some really simple problem-solving questions, which felt a bit off, but I managed to solve them 10 minutes later after an awkward pause due to the pressure of talking to Google. However, I recovered later on during the data structures questions. If you think about it, the problem-solving question was also part of an algorithm question.

I was too excited and didn't sleep the night before, so I couldn't think straight and completely messed up. The moral of the story: Get plenty of sleep the night before.

Why did you pick C++ instead of any other dynamic languages out there?