Google

A Google recruiter contacted me after a friend referred me. The recruiter then passed me directly to another senior recruiter, who told me that I could bypass the phone screen and go directly into the on-site interview. I scheduled the on-site for

The process was hard, taking many months with no offer at the end. The recruiter was nice, but very inconsiderate of time and slow to respond in general. I would generally not recommend this unless you have a real shot.

2 rounds over the phone, 4 rounds on site in Mountain View. The first two rounds were relatively easy (linked list, string manipulation), whereas the onsite questions were harder (graph questions, design an autocomplete feature).