We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2016)

Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by iainmerrick on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @11:03AM (#15593720)

If Google's hiring is as good as this article suggests, it must have changed a lot in the last few years. Can anyone point me at an up-to-date article on Google's hiring process?

Not so long ago, they were very focused on school rankings, GPAs, and academic qualifications. I always felt this was misguided because it was nowhere near as objective and quantitative as they thought. More recently they said they had a big data-driven effort to improve their process, but it was hard to tell if that really led to new ideas, or if it was just more of the same veiled elitism.

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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by meatyapp on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:42PM (#15595515)

I was resume screened/rejected from many no name companies. Google was one of the only few who took a chance on me and I think that's so cool.

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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by iainmerrick on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:24PM (#15595823)

That's great!

As an anecdote from the other side -- a friend of mine got referred to Google, was interviewed but not hired. A year later they called up and asked if he was still interested, interviewed him again, and rejected him again. Then a year later they called him again, and... you get the picture!

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