To be fair, before them it was Microsoft. I worked at a place once that brought in a few ex-Microsoft execs and managers, and the end result was a dev hiring pr

To be fair, before them it was Microsoft. I worked at a place once that brought in a few ex-Microsoft execs and managers, and the end result was a dev hiring process that worked roughly like Microsoft's - despite us not having access to the same size of talent pool or really needing that many high-end engineers. The end result was that we ended up having a harder time hiring, missed out on some good people, and hired some people we shouldn't have - all because we were hiring for Microsoft, not our organization. Unfortunately, pretty much any high-profile, successful tech company will have its hiring methods replicated, even if they aren't a good fit for the company that is borrowing them. Hiring is one of the most important aspects of running a company - effectively outsourcing that responsibility via rote copying of another company's methods is a mistake.