Really, that's not far from the truth. If you've worked at other well known "good" companies and worked on hot/important stuff, and that info is on linkedin, you will probably get approached by a google recruiter at some point. And unless you fuck up your call with them to make sure you're interested and a real person, that basically guarantees you a first round technical phone screen, which is the hardest part of getting hired at Google. You can study as much as you want and be the best engineer possible, but that won't matter if you don't get to the first round interview.

You basically "build" a linkedin profile that comes up when recruiters search for technically hot things, and then they will come knocking

Does this method still bypass the algorithms interview? It seems like it only gets your foot in the door, which is probably the harder part for most.

Unless someone inside Google wants you that _bad_, you can't by-pass the interview session.

yes, bypasssing the int4erview is hard, what I'm saying is that you can go directly to the first round of technicals without hazards if you play it well