There is a distinct possibility that a data-driven company like Google, having huge budgets for optimising their talent-finding machinery, is already aware abou

There is a distinct possibility that a data-driven company like Google, having huge budgets for optimising their talent-finding machinery, is already aware about the holes in their hiring process. There might be no resounding reason for big-G to catch every talented engineer out there; they just need to catch enough of them which, considering their glamour, shouldn't be that difficult. Having the bar raised high, even if superficially so, they can continue to attract the crème de la crème