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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by eropple on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:16PM (#18463430)
Sorry, but yes, they probably are smart enough to get in. Or capable enough, which is the real thing that the wise amongst us actually measure rather than how smart one is.

Of the dozen or so folks I know at Facebook, I'd be excited to work with about two of them again. The others are...fine. Much like the folks Google hires now. They're fine.

Once you hit a certain point, you start hiring ditch-diggers just like everybody else. Because you've got ditches to dig.

Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by vonmoltke on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:27PM (#18463525)
Their standards for senior hires seem to be as high as ever. They seem to be unwilling to engage in the aggressive downleveling Google does, though.