I applied via a job posting on my college website and was put through the wringer by them.

The process included:

• One recruiter phone screen
• Two technical screens

I was then invited for an onsite interview, which consisted of:

• Two technical interviews
• Lunch with a current Google employee
• Two more technical interviews

After a few weeks, I heard back that they were still unsure and scheduled another two remote technical interviews.

Finally, a few weeks after that, I was told I didn't get the position. However, they wanted to refer me to another team that was more client-facing and less technical.

I was okay with this, but after a few more phone screens and not hearing back quickly enough, I accepted another offer.

This was over two years ago now.

I remember one technical question had to do with string search optimization, and another with searching a matrix.

Most interviewers onsite wanted you to show your solutions via whiteboard drawings.