As a general policy, this seems fantastic. It just doesn't sound like they're scaling the culture carriers fast enough. * Bar raisers may be asked to assess a

As a general policy, this seems fantastic. It just doesn't sound like they're scaling the culture carriers fast enough. * Bar raisers may be asked to assess as many as 10 candidates a week, for between two and three hours each, including paperwork and meetings—all while doing their regular full-time job, be it in finance, marketing or product development.* 20-30 hours per week for a non-job activity? This can't possibly be correct. Or does Amazon have a workaholic culture that supports this - 20-30 hours for those hungry after their 50-60 hour workweeks? I heard a story about Google that the employees who were vetoed as candidates but hired anyways actually outperformed, because they had something about them that was so valuable that it was worth trumping the process. As someone who has hired in the past, I have gotten in trouble by letting too many people have vetos. You wind up having to accommodate so many pet peeves ("They don't have 5 years of specific experience", "I don't like their school"...) that it's impossible to get good candidates.