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Does any other company than Google interview acqui-hires? I’ve never heard of any other company doing this, but I haven’t been looking especially carefully.

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• xyzzy_plugh 8y ago
  Every company I've worked for interviews acquihires. From FAANG, to start ups, to established traditional engineering companies.
  • vonmoltke 8y ago
    How is it an acquihire if the company is interviewing all the talent they acquired anyway?
    • mav3rick 8y ago
      Not all of it, but some of the force does to ensure that they meet the bar of the hiring company and also to get calibrated in the eng ladder.
    • xyzzy_plugh 8y ago
      - You are getting paid to interview - If they decline, you usually get a very generous severence package - While sometimes technical, there is usually significantly evidence of your abilities from the acquired company's records. - In my experience it's usually a cultural test more than any other. - Interviewing is part of the evaluation. If the hiring company thinks everyone is grossly incompetent they can reevaluate the acquisition or call it off entirely.
  • mercutio2 8y ago
    Which of the FAANG specifically have you experienced acquihire technical interviews at? Just curious, because again, I’ve only ever heard this from friends that got bought by Google. I’m not saying others don’t, just haven’t heard of it from folks getting acquired at other places.