"Is this common for higher level positions at Google?" No, and in fact, it's so far outside the norm i'm not even sure what to make of it. Like I said elsewher

"Is this common for higher level positions at Google?" No, and in fact, it's so far outside the norm i'm not even sure what to make of it. Like I said elsewhere, my best guess is that he was really being evaluated for a much lower level TL/M position in SRE or somewhere. (The detailed linux questions are usually a giveaway that SRE is involved)