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Re:“Facebook turned me down” (2009) by cenhyperion on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @11:41PM (#7268922)
You're aware Jan, the CEO and other founder, is a Ukrainian immigrant, right?
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Re:“Facebook turned me down” (2009) by gscott on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:05AM (#7268996)
My point was more that he was here, is good enough to get past all of the phone screens, probably did pretty well in person, but was passed over. My thinking is more that large companies with many open positions might want to consider the person for another position at least.
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Re:“Facebook turned me down” (2009) by prostoalex on Thursday February 20, 2014 @01:12AM (#7269191)
In 2007 Facebook was not in the club of "large companies with many open positions", just another startup on University Avenue with some series B in the bag.
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Re:“Facebook turned me down” (2009) by pm90 on Thursday February 20, 2014 @05:46AM (#7270087)
...and therefore would have even more of an incentive to hire local.
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Re:“Facebook turned me down” (2009) by prostoalex on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:28PM (#7272163)
Which they did http://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/231332
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