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I've interacted with several Googlers over the hears who said point-blank that Google won't hire people over 40.
by intrasight 7y ago
I've interacted with several Googlers over the hears who said point-blank that Google won't hire people over 40.
- davidgay 7y agoI can prove (by counterexample) that this statement is false - I was hired at 41. In fact, I'm somewhat dubious that there's any googler who doesn't have a reasonably close colleague hired above the age of 40.
- nappy-doo 7y agoThat's funny, I was just rehired at Google. I'm over 40. 4/6 of my coworkers are over 40. I sat on hiring committee for 4 years before I left a couple of years ago (FB is a terrible place to work, BTW), and we _NEVER_ discussed the age of a candidate. Looking around my office (a major US office), and I'd estimate > 50% are over 40.
- Itaxpica 7y agoFully half of my current team at Google will be very surprised to hear that