But I kept being approached by Google recruiters, kept recounting what had happened last time and asked if I could expect better this time. None could promise things had improved, and a few did express that kind of frustration.

This was years ago now. Could have changed of course. But I started telling them to go away.

Now I'm getting an email every month from FB, and about ready to do the same with them.

The last time I passed the first and second rounds and Google let me languish on the third round for a month. I still probably would not have made it through, but it was surprising that my candidacy was dropped like that.

Yet, you could expect one of those in almost any interview process. Seemingly smart people are ready to jump on bandwagons, too.

Microsoft started doing this, realized it was a bad idea, and stopped before Google even really started this practice. So Google is as guilty of bandwagon jumping as everybody else here.