I applied online for a new grad position in mid-September. I was invited directly onsite and interviewed in Mountain View in mid-October.

Before the onsite, I had a chat with a recruiter and went through a coaching call with a Google engineer in London.

Onsite, I had four technical rounds, separated by lunch with an engineer. About a week and a half after the interview, I was told I would be receiving an offer. After talking to the recruiter and another engineer, I ultimately decided to decline the offer.

Overall, the experience was smooth and well-run, and I enjoyed receiving a Google sweatshirt and water bottle once I received the offer.

I decided against working at Google because I received a more interesting opportunity and wanted to try product development, not just work on tools and infrastructure.

Graph search, dynamic programming, binary search trees, arrays, designing a product release.