Google

A recruiter emailed me and asked for a phone interview. We talked over the phone about my previous experience and skills, and what kinds of things I was looking for in a job. It lasted about an hour and seemed to go pretty well. Then I was sent an

Very straightforward two phone interviews. I was asked standard data structures and string manipulation questions that became harder once I answered the first part. Both of my interviewers were very friendly.

I applied through a friend at Google. I had a 45-minute phone interview with a software engineer. He asked for a brief overview of my research and then asked several coding questions. They were average difficulty, similar to the ones on CareerCup or