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I got interviewed twice for Google, the first one I made it to the second round of phone calls, the second one only the first phone call.

The third time a Google recruiter reached out to me with the sales pitch that I was a great engineer that they would like to have at any price, I berated him if that was the case why the previous two experiences.

Never heard from Google HR ever again, and I am not sorry, I am happier this way.

I had better experiences in interviews for EA and SCEE than Google, which again I also am an happier person not managing to get an offer, and endure the crunch lifecycle of the industry as reward.

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I'm not saying this is the case, but isn't it possible that you weren't a "great engineer that they would love to have at any price" in the past, and you developed your skills and knowledge? Or even if you've always been a great engineer, since you were born, why take personal offense to not getting a job before? Interviews are mostly luck, anyways, so the previous interviews have no relation to the 3rd one.

Of course I have my limitations, what I don't accept is the snake oil lip service of Google HR trying to meet their KPIs of candidates.

Followed by an interview process that is designed to get those that want to work there at any price.

I've had two first round phone interviews with Google, separated by about 5 years. Both times they contacted me.

Both times they asked me the exact same tricky question. First time didn't do so well, second time I knew the 'correct' answer. They didn't seem to appreciate me telling them that they'd asked this question the last time.

> They didn't seem to appreciate me telling them that they'd asked this question the last time.

Most places will appreciate if you tell them before you work on the problem. That gives them a chance to give you a different problem instead. Likewise, they won't appreciate if you tell them afterwards since it makes it harder for them to judge any semblance of problem solving skill.

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