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 psadri on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @11:58AM (#15594185)

I think google did a good job of this in the early days. They got the word out on the street that their interviews were notoriously difficult. That probably dissuaded a lot of the random applicants.

I also read somewhere that some big bank (Goldman) just has a very circuitous, lengthy application process and the main point of it is to weed out the spray and pray applicants.

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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by oculusthrift on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @12:09PM (#15594295)

i’m pretty certain google is the most applied to company in the world so not sure if that holds up

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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by nostrademons on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @12:45PM (#15594604)

I think that really started around 2005 when they made a concerted effort to ramp up college hiring (and by extension, started advertising among the general public).

I knew someone who worked there in 2002. (Well, now having worked there, I know lots of people who worked there in 2002, but in 2002 I knew someone who worked there.) At the time, they were a small startup with a reputation for hiring only the best, the way you might think of Medallion or D.E Shaw now. There wasn't a perception that you could just walk in off the street and get a job like in The Internship movie.

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Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2... by tzakrajs on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @12:28PM (#15594442)

It helps to keep the illusion of exclusivity the more people you turn away.

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