A very pleasant contract recruiter contacted me for a phone interview. During the conversation, we went through basic interview questions, asking why I wanted to work for Google, and "tell me about yourself." The recruiter mentioned that the position largely involved event planning. I was later invited in for an IQ test at either the SF office or Mountain View. I went to the SF office, where a bored-looking girl dressed in a child's frog suit (it was Halloween) directed me to an archaic machine where I was to type my name and my interviewer's name. It printed out a black & white sticker nametag. My "interviewer" guided me to a small room with a computer, where I was to take my IQ test. The questions were along the lines of "John, Steve, Mary, Magda, and Sam are waiting for T-Shirts. Steve is behind Mary, who is in front of someone who is in behind John..." And so on. I was also asked to plan an event for engineers and their families. My overall feeling is that I was taking that test out of obligation, and that Google had long decided to hire someone else.