[tostitos1979]

I had such an a-hole interviewer the last (and hence final) interview I did at Google. His attitude was ... oh .. you have a PhD, let me show you how smart I am.

Just like getting into YC isn't necessary to be a successful founder, getting into Google isn't necessary to be a successful engineer. There are tons of companies out there, and many pay better than Google.

[vonmoltke]

> many pay better than Google

Those would be? The only one I have actually seen (claimed) numbers out of that can beat Google is Facebook.

[UncleMeat]

Give feedback to your recruiter. Interviewers can be forced into more training or taken off rotations.

[WorldMaker]

The one that got to me admitted first thing that he already was told to knock it off, shrugged it off, and was still in the rotation anyway.

I didn't feel like giving that feedback to the recruiter would help if it was already known well in advance. That and a lot of other signals in two interview cycles seemed to indicate that the recruiter and/or Google were perfectly happy wasting my time, and I've not really felt like bothering to interview with Google since.