> The answer you haven't considered is, "because it works." Just because something "works" does not mean it's optimal or even very good. Google's interview st

> The answer you haven't considered is, "because it works." Just because something "works" does not mean it's optimal or even very good. Google's interview strategy could also be to pick random resumes out of the pile, hire 10 people for every position, and fire the 9 who didn't work out. It would still "work" because enough people want to work at Google that they have a huge hiring pipeline and plenty of money for excess employees. Worshipping Google as having a great interviews is not helpful to anyone. They can easily be doing it incorrectly. In fact, the very data which you're talking about showed that many of their older techniques were in fact terrible indicators (brain teasers, GPA, etc.).