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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

Round 1: A recruiter calls you. They will ask a few simple questions, such as "What's faster, Quicksort or Bubblesort?" If you answer enough of these correctly, you proceed to the next round. If you fail here, stop moaning, go away, and improve yours

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