Applied through university for a role in Mountain View, CA and received an invite to do an on-campus interview with a rep. Interviewer was fairly chill but also pretty dgaf (he's been doing it all day and I was the 2nd to last interview so he's probably tired) Afterwards, got invited to an on-campus interview in SEATTLE (ok so I applied for a role in Mountain View and was getting flown out to Seattle. I thought this was a bit strange but not out of the question since their HQ is in WA). Got on-site and had 5 total interviews (1 was behavioral). Right before my 3rd interview started, I got an email from my recruiter telling me that the role I was applying for in Mountain View was accidentally marked as available and was actually not hiring. Thus, my recruiter told me that if I wanted to, I could just leave and go home. I decided to just finish the remaining interviews anyways for practice but this was overall a giant waste of time. Got flown out to Seattle for two days for nothing.

Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.