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hiring at oracle is weird. when i worked there my offer had to be approved by larry.
by mgarfias 8y ago
hiring at oracle is weird. when i worked there my offer had to be approved by larry.
- whatshisface 8y agoIf Larry is approving hires it's just as a rubber stamp. There's no way anyone at the head of a company that size could think about anything at the employee level.
- nate_meurer 8y agoDon't underestimate Larry. Not in this regard anyway.
- heelix 8y agoNo kidding. We were a 500 person shop that was gobbled up by Oracle. First meeting with Larry - we were all suited out. Walk in, he is in jeans and a teeshirt. He asked, 'why you all dressed up?' A very, very technical discussion on our company's software. He had been thoroughly briefed on our stuff and asked very insightful questions on how our J2SE app worked.
- johan_larson 8y agoAt Google, hires had to be approved by the founders as of 2013. This was when the company was hiring a few hundred people per week, so the founders got a spreadsheet with links or something like that. And apparently they did sometimes say no to some people. It seems like a bonkers practice to me. I understand that it is important to hire good people. But this could be delegated several levels down, at least for entry-level hires. I suppose the top dogs could worry about promotions and hirings starting at the level of the junior managers, if they wanted to.
- shalmanese 8y agoFor the longest time, APMs had to have a phone screen with Marissa Mayer before they got hired. My main question when she asked me if I had any questions was whether this was the best use of her time. I don't know if that had any influence or not over their decision.
- jtreminio 8y agoDon't leave us hanging - did it have a negative or positive effect on the outcome?
- shalmanese 8y agoCandidates aren't told why they were accepted/rejected from a job.