That's such a strange approach. The've marked you as a "hire" but not even discussed a range? Given how long this process sometimes takes, and that good people will have multiple offers (and typically an already comfortable income), how is one supposed to make a career decision?

> how is one supposed to make a career decision

By finishing the process? I had other offers, and they waited the <one week it took to finish team matching with Google.

When would that take a long time? It was a quick chat with a few managers and then I picked.

duh it's google/facebook/etc...

If you are willing to make the fanatic choice; your the employee they want. They might be missing out on a lot of talent in the industry. But they do weed the candidates down to fanatics.