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I recently talked to a colleague who was hired as a developer by Google. He went through 3 rounds of "hiring committees". 3 different committees to make a dev
by rkischuk 15y ago
I recently talked to a colleague who was hired as a developer by Google.
He went through 3 rounds of "hiring committees".
3 different committees to make a developer hire is obviously broken. The ability to evaluate culture and skill fit should be possible with a hiring manager and a few prospective peers.
- esrauch 15y agoWhile there are 3 levels of approval, it's not exactly as crazy as it sounds at first glance. After your phone interview with an engineer, you go in for your on site interview and talk to at least 4 people, both managers and engineers. They each write up their impressions of you without discussion between them. They pass their impressions on to a hiring board that reviews those, your resume, and what positions are open. That board passes the recommendation onto a final board who I suspect is largely a financial gatekeeper, just to approve stock grants and controls company-wide hiring rates and company wide strategy.
- stewiecat 15y agoIt's 3 committees + Larry. This was the case in December 2009 when I interviewed there. Local hiring committee, regional hiring committee, HQ hiring committee then final sign-off by Larry himself.