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Out of curiosity, why the title 700 Billion? What is the purpose of this in how it relates to the article? Regarding the article, yea, seems pretty standard. S

• rscott 12y ago
  "A few people asked me to write about my experience of interviewing for a job at Apple—the 700 billion worth company—so here it is."
  • joslin01 12y ago
    I still don't understand, but ok, thanks. That's a great descriptor of Apple (of which there are many), but doesn't point anywhere toward a rationale for titling an interview experience as "700 billion". I'm not trying to say titles need to make logical sense, but they usually should make some sense
    • presty 12y ago
      it refers to Apple's current Market Cap
      • staticfish 12y ago
        I think he understands that, but is wondering why that is relevant for the topic at all.
• toephu2 12y ago
  it's called link bait.
• stevenjohns 12y ago
  It could be for a number of reasons. 1. OP wanted to emphasize what it is like to interview at a company which has a lot of resources to invest into interviews - one of the things mentioned was committing multiple people for a full day to just interview him, as well as willing to bear a high initial cost (travel, hotel) to interview him. 2. OP wanted to detail the interview process of such a financially successful company: who they hire, why they hire that person, how they find and select candidates that have contributed to that high financial success. 3. OP wanted a crafty title beyond "My interview at Apple" 4. More likely to be clicked on, shared, commented or voted on (i.e clickbait).
  • freyr 12y ago
    5. They have $700B, and even they can't they afford more than a "thanks but no thanks."