By making the candidate go through the whole process even though they knew in advance they would reject the candidate, Google afforded themselves the opportunit

By making the candidate go through the whole process even though they knew in advance they would reject the candidate, Google afforded themselves the opportunity to crib any bright ideas the candidate may have had in order to patent them [0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18566929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18566929