<p>^ For this discussion I think that would count as one interview, not three separate interviews.</p>
<p>The most rigorous I’ve had lately involved an initial technical phone screen*, then going on site and giving a 45 minute technical presentation (which took about two full days to prepare), followed by 6 one-on-one sessions. Total time in the building was over 6 hours. Yikes.</p>
<p>And after all that, I didn’t get the job. :(</p>
<p>*It’s becoming popular in phone screens to use a shared google doc and have to actually write code during the phone screen. It’s much worse than writing code in person.</p>
<p>yeah, I guess it could be considered one interview with three different parts.</p>
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<p>S1 experienced this with several companies when he was interviewing. Loved those interviews and did very well with them. He was used to explaining and programming on the fly from his time coaching computer team.</p>
<p>We have a friend who was hired by Google a few years ago who had FOURTEEN interviews before being offered the job. Seven were by phone and they actually flew her out to CA seven times for additional interviews. They were developing a new position (which has nothing to do with what Google actually does) and I guess they wanted to REALLY make sure they had the right person for the job.</p>
<p>^Google was notorious for this, but in the last few years they have made a significant effort to make the process more efficient. They hire too many people every year to do what you described now. </p>
<p>I just went through the Google process and it is now what I described in #17. Well, according to their recruiters, I didn’t get too far.</p>
<p>I had 3 interviews for my current position–1 with the corporate recruiters, 1 with the project managers, and 1 with the senior executive for our project. However, all of them were either via phone or Skype…I hate Skype interviews!</p>
<p>^^ DIL went from initial interview in the UK to an offer in under two months, and then had her departmental interviews in September once she got to the US. Now that her visa has been approved, she is able to start work. </p>
<p>S1 went through the multiple interview stuff for his internships there, but did not go through any interviewing for his FT spot. He had an offer with the group he wanted by September of senior year.</p>
<p>I think it helped that DIL had done Summer of Code and that S1 had spent two summers as an intern. That seemed to expedite the process.</p>