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Re:Ask HN: Do you skip phone interviews for Google/FB/Tier-1... by johnpython on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:10AM (#14892702)
We dont hire engineers from Google/Facebook/Apple, primarily because they are too expensive, but also due to culture fit.
Re:Ask HN: Do you skip phone interviews for Google/FB/Tier-1... by mayank on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:26AM (#14892850)
If you think all Google/FB/Apple engineers represent a monoculture, you're leaving a lot of intellectually diverse talent on the table.

Source: former google/fb engineer, can assure you there's no one single "type" or culture.

Re:Ask HN: Do you skip phone interviews for Google/FB/Tier-1... by nylonstrung on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:50PM (#14895325)
I'm guessing it's your culture that's the issue if it is uniformly incompatible with employees from 3 of the most successful tech companies of all time.