I believe the interview process is the same today as what you experienced but probably more difficult. As that's what I've experienced at FB/Google/etc. I thin

I believe the interview process is the same today as what you experienced but probably more difficult. As that's what I've experienced at FB/Google/etc. I think this person wasn't performing to the same level as some other candidates and that's why they kept getting asked to do more phone interviews. Google tends to only want to progress you if they believe you're going to succeed in the next steps - otherwise, what's the point? In this person's case, I think they would've failed and that's what the phone interview filtered out. Btw, most of these places are more than willing to speed things up if you tell them you have an offer. e.g. FB has a rule of "no meetings Wednesdays" and says they won't interview then. I told them that was my only option - they said, "oh, ok. Let's do Wednesday then!"