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throwawayttt

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    Comment #3634648

    Thank you all for your insightful comments. I do feel a little better and more informed. I will try to write an unofficial summary using what others (mostly the official wordings f…

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    Comment #3634346

    Wow, 1200 resumes for 3 positions, I didn't know that getting recruited by Google was that competitive, good for them that they can afford being that competitive. Do you mind telli…

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    Comment #3634317

    I actually had a couple of interviews with more than one questions, but not others. I agree this could have been one of the reasons, but again an indication of this in the feedback…

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    Comment #3634306

    Does being at the top of your class in one of the Top 50 Universities in the nation, with a near perfect GPA matter? I actually liked the CS program at my university, and being a s…

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    Comment #3634297

    Ya that is the other thing, I too felt that anything else didn't matter or mattered very less other than your performance on that day.

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    Comment #3634268

    Thanks Cletus for taking the time to write that up. That really makes me feel better and provides somewhat more insight into the process. My 5 years of experience was actually divi…

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    Comment #3634246

    "My experience was similar to yours. I interviewed at YouTube, and I was flown over from New Zealand for the interview. When I returned the next day, I got my generic rejection let…

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    Comment #3634233

    Well if that is what they expect, then they should make it clear. Something like don't say you are finished till you have verified your solution. They didn't. "If an engineer misse…

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    Comment #3634203

    Personally the phone interview was much easier for me and I guess much lenient on any initially sub-optimal time complexity solutions, this doesn't mean you should relax though :).…

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    My Google Interview Experience

    I recently went through the full breadth of the Google Interviewing process for the Software Engineering role. I didn't make it through, but that is not what made me upset, instead…