Applied through a friend that works at Google.

A recruiter called me and was with me throughout the process.

It started with one interview that I passed, then I was called for a full interview day with four interviews, one after the other (with a lunch break in the middle).

I was asked to keep the interview question confidential. The question required knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms, for example: hash tables, min heaps, and binary search.

Each interview was structured as follows:

• Defining a problem
• Thinking out loud about the answer
• Programming the answer on the board/paper/Chromebook