What I don't understand is that this person hasn't even had a Google interview... They literally say "I won't accept an interview at Google because: 1. I had a

What I don't understand is that this person hasn't even had a Google interview... They literally say "I won't accept an interview at Google because: 1. I had a bad interview at Amazon (???) 2. I read a story on HN about someone having a bad interview at Google I'm sorry but that's an awful excuse. As you mention, Google works at an insane scale, and as foolproof as you try to make a process, there will always be a very small chance that it'll fail. Doesn't mean the whole process is bad. And there's the whole bias that you'll only hear from horror stories and never from success stories.