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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by falcolas on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @09:49AM (#15593186)
It is, however, a filter that will be applied against applicants, and from what I've heard, it's more than enough to trigger the "we'd rather have false negatives than false positives" filter if you're not in the lucky minority.

Even if it's never used as a filter by Google, their hiring practices just don't apply to the rest of the industry - Google can afford to pass on 99.9% of the high quality talent that applies. Other firms who try this are only crippling themselves.

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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by CydeWeys on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:13AM (#15599349)
I strongly disagree. Most of my coworkers are not from "top colleges". Neither are most of the people I interview. Even for Google, it is tough getting interviewees who do very well. Given that, it'd be ludicrous to discard most interviewees out of the bat because they didn't come from a "top school". The interview questions and relevant job experience are the true hiring bar. Possession of a relevant degree, and the granting institution for said degree, is far down the list.
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