https://medium.com/@praajaktaa/how-i-got-into-google-161c97913b8b

Like many other techies out there, Google has been my dream company right from the beginning. When I cleared the Google interview this time, many of my friends reached out to me for tips and guidance for their upcoming interviews. During these conversations I started identifying patterns and felt like it might be worth documenting these since I know the struggle of interviewing in and out by now. Its a tough process and can get a bit strenuous at times specially if you are working a full time job. A lot of articles on the internet have helped me during my preparation and this is one way of me giving back to the developer community. Hope this helps!

During my 3.5 yrs long career as a software engineer, I worked at a startup along with a couple of fintech companies. Each experience has taught me tons and I would say that the knowledge I gained at each step has made my journey into Google easier as compared to me interviewing as a new grad. This time when I decided to look for my next opportunity, I had clarity about one thing in my mind. I wanted to really take my time to prepare for my next big gig and not settle for anything lesser. Although I was interviewing for some of the biggest tech giants in the industry, honestly, I never had even 1% hope of getting into Google, since it was known to be one of the toughest software engineering interviews in the industry. But somewhere in my mind I knew that I had to try because getting into Google was not impossible. I would have never known the outcome until I tried, kind of like the Schrödinger’s cat, and that thought made me uneasy.