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The problems were pretty hard, involving live coding over online meetings. Google employees were present to help if you got stuck, but I got stuck on most of the problems. Depending on who you were paired with for each problem, it could help or hurt

During Google's rigorous technical screening process, I was tasked with demonstrating my coding skills by crafting a program to address a specific question presented during the interview. The interviewer did not understand what I was saying.

A university recruiter reached out to me in mid-fall to schedule an onsite interview (I was previously an engineering intern at Google). I had a short, non-technical phone call with the recruiter. During the call, she asked me about my technical int