Google is a little bit of both. At least from having gone through the process (and ultimately turning down an offer due to the ridiculousness of the process). T

Google is a little bit of both. At least from having gone through the process (and ultimately turning down an offer due to the ridiculousness of the process). There's a massive funnel where they're trying to bring in a bunch of smart people, then teams basically say "I have this position available, who has gone through the funnel that is a skills match for our specific teams". > I'd love to see a company literally just looking to snap up smart people and then have them come in and kind of define their own role, one where they can add the most value. Nobody does this! At least with hiring out of college, a lot of companies do the "Let's snap up smart people, then train them to do the specific job we need done". In my experience, this has been particularly prevalent among the big consulting firms.