I was contacted by a recruiter in May for full time opportunities. I had interviewed before for an internship and January but I did not get an offer. The recruiter told me that she found my resume in their database. Since I wasn't prepared to interview at that time, I asked my recruiter if I can give my phone interview in July. The recruiter agreed and asked me to remind her in June. I reminded the recruiter in June and I was scheduled for a phone interview in July. The recruiter gave me lots of topics to prepare. They mostly covered all the basics of Computer Science I studied in my undergraduate and graduate school. The phone interview took place using a shared Google Doc. I was asked 2 pretty simple questions which I coded and tested within 30 mins. However, there was a huge communication gap between me and my interviewer. The interviewer was not a native English speaker and was not able to understand my explanations. I was pretty disappointed as I thought that I messed it up even though it was no fault of mine. (Note: This was the only negative experience throughout my process and it was completely overshadowed by the positive experiences later). The recruiter called me the following day and told that they wanted me to have a second phone interview as the first interview was inconclusive. I scheduled the second interview a week after. This interview was also on a shared Google Doc and my interviewer told me that the interview will be in two parts, one about CS fundamentals and the second would be some coding. For the first part we did not use the Google Doc and I was asked many questions about Data Structures, Algorithms and Complexity Analysis. The questions will seem very easy if you are well prepared. The coding question was also pretty simple. Two days later I was told that I have cleared the round and they want to schedule my on site interview at Mountain View. I scheduled my interview a month later and the recruiter gave me a lot of material and links to refer for my preparation. The recruiter was extremely helpful and she even wished me luck a day before my onsite. The onsite consisted of 4 technical interviews and a lunch with an engineer. The lunch was not evaluative. All the 4 interviews were white board coding and they tested my coding, algorithm and basic computer science skills. The interviewers were extremely nice. At the end of the day, I was feeling very happy with the level of discussions I was able to have with the interviewers. My recruiter called me about an hour after my last interview to inform that she had already received a couple of interview reviews and they look pretty positive. 3 days later, my recruiter told me that she received all the interview reviews and the comments were very positive and that she would be sending my package to the hiring committee. I heard back from my recruiter about a week later that the hiring committee has approved my application and it will now go for compensation and executive review. A week from there, my recruiter scheduled a Hangout call with me where she explained my offer. :) Even though the entire process was spread over months, it was a really pleasant experience. My recruiter was exceptional and she replied very promptly to all my emails and kept updating me regularly at every step of the process. Now I am looking forward to join Google the coming year once I graduate.