I interviewed for a Software Engineering role at YouTube.

The first round was very easy, and it was possible to solve the question in two lines of code using a recursive approach. My interviewer then asked me to write the iterative version, which I did.

Two weeks later, my recruiter called to tell me I had made it to the final round.

The final round consisted of five technical interviews. For me, there were four coding interviews and one system design interview.

The coding questions covered purely data structures and algorithms. The system design question was also very technical.

I managed to arrive at an efficient, clean solution for every interview, tested my code, and received good feedback from each interviewer during the interview. I also had great discussions with all my interviewers at the end of each interview; they were all very nice and helpful.

However, the recruiter told me they were not moving forward with me. I was very surprised.

The recruiter mentioned I had received high scores on communication skills, analytical skills, and coding skills. The feedback was that I had some bugs in my code. I checked through every line I wrote at every interview and do not believe this was actually true. I have never done so well in an interview only to be rejected, and honestly, I am sure I am not the only one Google treats like this. I found the process to be very disrespectful to candidates, as if we are robots. I personally lost all interest in working for the company.