I wholeheartedly agree with your idea of having a 2-way street of respect, and treating interviews less like interrogations and more like discussions. It certai

I wholeheartedly agree with your idea of having a 2-way street of respect, and treating interviews less like interrogations and more like discussions. It certainly feels more natural that way, and puts less pressure on the interviewee. Regarding Google specifically, I just interviewed there about 2 weeks ago, and although I didn't get the job, I will say I felt very respected, and with the exception of maybe one interview, thought everything felt like a discussion. There were no trick questions, everything was fairly straightforward. Basically a leetcode medium/hard for the 4 technicals and just discussing my experiences in various situations for the "Googleyness" interview. I have heard similar stories about Google using these trick questions, but from what I understand these were mistakes made in the earlier days of the company and have been effectively phased out, although that is purely speculative.