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This seems like a deflection. It's totally legit to ask you what your definition of the 'best' candidate is, because you made a claim: that the best people com
by obstacle1 9y ago
This seems like a deflection.
It's totally legit to ask you what your definition of the 'best' candidate is, because you made a claim: that the best people come from the top schools.
How are we to conclude that your argument has any worth whatsoever when you aren't able to even define the components of the claim you are making?
- dogruck 9y agoWe all know that "best" is subjective, and defined by each company. Google is fairly vocal about their efforts to apply a somewhat scientific approach to comparing their hiring decisions to the subsequent performance of the candidates they ultimately hire. Here is an article, titled "Google's Secret to Hiring the Best People": https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/ Here's an article about how Steve Jobs wanted to "Hire the Best" http://recruitloop.com/blog/steve-jobs-top-hiring-tip-hire-the-best/ http://recruitloop.com/blog/steve-jobs-top-hiring-tip-hire-t... My personal definition is "high probability of excelling at the work that is outlined in the job description."
- Scea91 9y agoAsking OP to define 'best' is a red herring and it would steer the discussion away from the topic. Deflection is the correct response.
- s73ver_ 9y agoNo, it isn't. Their entire argument was predicated on "these companies need to hire the best." So they need to define what "best" means in this context. Cause so far, for the likes of Google, it's "Went to an expensive school, and can do whiteboard problems."
- dogruck 9y agoThat's an unfair characterization of Google's hiring process.