Typically, five people were on-site, posing a mix of design and coding questions. The coding questions were pretty standard, with three in total. The disappointing part was that the interviewing seemed very mechanical.

There was no real conversation where interviewers genuinely cared about the experience you bring to the table.

Regarding whiteboard coding, they would state the solution was optimal and bug-free, but then the recruiter feedback was completely different. Some feedback wasn't submitted until a week after the actual interview.

With some of the interviewers, trying to understand what they were really asking for felt like pulling teeth.

I expected more from Google.

Design a cache.