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Google asked if I would do a phone screen a few years ago for an SRE position, and I thought that process was hilarious. In my case the questions had nothing to do with my background (microcontroller firmware for sensors) and it was only by incredible luck that I could answer them. For example, I had just read about some data structure the day before.

The recruiter didn't spend much effort telling me what the job was or why I should consider leaving my current great position for it. I said, "no thanks!" when I found out what an SRE actually does.

It seems like Google's interview process is designed to measure how much a candidate wants to work at Google. This is probably okay for them, but it's going to result in them overpaying for good people.