> Google can probably shell out a few bucks to some putz who sounds impressive but isn't in the hopes they'll nab a few more great engineers at the loss of a fe

> Google can probably shell out a few bucks to some putz who sounds impressive but isn't in the hopes they'll nab a few more great engineers at the loss of a few paychecks. They actually take the opposite approach. Supposedly there is compelling research that low-performing members of a team provide large negative contribution to team performance from knock-on effects of their low standards and low quality work. Google has consequentially structured their interview process to minimize false positives rather than false negatives so as to minimize firings and the associated psychological stress caused by working in an environment in which people are regularly fired.