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The interview process seemed entirely focused on efficient searching algorithms and asked no questions to assess my knowledge of the area I was interviewing for. In fact, none of the interviewers had any background in the area I was interviewing for;

The phone interview was nice, with one simple question about hashing and one tricky math question. The on-site interview involved five robot-like engineers conducting pre-programmed interview sessions assigned by HR/their manager. I felt they were a

I was contacted by a Google recruiter and went directly to an on-site interview, I believe due to a strong internal referral. I spent a week preparing for the interview. On interview day, there were 5 rounds of technical interviews plus lunch. In tot