I applied in mid-September through an employee referral. A week later, a recruiter reached out to gather additional information, i.e., availability in the next three weeks, skills, interests, etc. I took the whole three-week window to better prepare for the technical interviews. There were two back-to-back interviews, each 45 minutes long. The interviewers were really friendly and helpful, constantly giving me feedback. I can't disclose the questions since I've signed an NDA, but they were mostly LeetCode medium.

After the interviews, the next day, I heard back from the recruiter that I'd been sent to the hiring committee. Two weeks later, the recruiter reached out to say that my interview feedback was positive and that they were moving me into the host matching phase.

A week later, I got a match and scheduled the interview for the next day. Typically, Google's host matching process is long and not-so-transparent. But I got a quick match because I believe I filled out the project preference form as detailed as possible, using the full character limit.

A week later, the recruiter reached out to tell me that my host wanted to proceed. I gracefully accepted the offer right away. A week later, I received my official offer letter.

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