Google

It consists of three rounds: mainly competitive coding, then code writing on paper, followed by an HR round. The HR round is quite tougher than the other two. But the overall process was pretty good and interesting.

The final round involves 4 onsite technical interviews after an initial call with HR. You need to pass all 4 rounds to make the cut and get the offer, but most candidates don't achieve a "strong hire" rating in all of them.

They reached out to me a couple of years ago for an L3 role. I went through the recruiting rounds and met a software engineer for a chat, but was put on a hiring freeze. They strung me along for eight months, thinking there was still going to be a jo