With the Google European Headquarters being based here in Dublin, you might be tempted to apply for a job there, after all they have a great reputation for treating their employees well. Unfortunately however they also have a reputation for having a prolonged and often unorthodox recruitment process:

Tales from the Google Interview Room

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Updated 2021 : note that the above post is out-of-date, given this post was originally published in 2007, but is left here for archival purposes.