Google and similar companies aren&#x27;t for everyone. They&#x27;re looking for people on top of their game and willing to go the extra mile.<p>&gt; To be fair, I already knew about Google’s idiotic interview process that is optimized for hiring book-smart academic candidates who know their algorithms and data structures cold, so my expectations were rather low to begin with. I also did not get much sleep that day, so my problem solving skills weren’t at its peak.<p>the author is already annoyed and antagonistic. Knew what he was up against, but didn&#x27;t adequately prepare to succeed by studying. And didn&#x27;t sleep the night before.<p>And none of the reasons for not succeeding are the author&#x27;s fault, in his mind.<p>You can claim that the screening process is dumb, and in some ways you&#x27;re right.  But at the same time, this process does select to some extent at least against the people who make excuses instead of bringing their A-game when it counts.