> "oh, I didn't think I'd make it through your interview process". I can attest to that. I was a contractor for Google for several years. I built all of their

> "oh, I didn't think I'd make it through your interview process". I can attest to that. I was a contractor for Google for several years. I built all of their election results and voter information maps for the 2008-2012 US elections. I also did results maps for a number of international elections, both on my own and working with local teams, along with various special mapping and visualization projects. The maps were very popular and people in multiple teams at Google really liked my work. Of course it occurred to me several times that I ought to apply for a full-time job there, and every time I thought, "Naw, I'd never make it through a Google interview process." This, after years of doing successful, highly visible work for them!