Google

A classic entry with 30 other candidates, and we had to stand out. We each had a blank sheet of paper and had to find the riddle. Some tore up the sheet, others wrote their CV on it.

I was called because they found my resume in a conference database. After a 10-minute talk, they set up an interview right away. The interviewer and recruiter were very nice and polite. Check out Programming Interviews Exposed (book) to help review.

The interview process spanned the course of a few weeks. I was given the opportunity to prepare for the interview. There was a phone screening and a programming or algorithm interview. This was for the Google self-driving car project.