Interesting digg on Google's messed up hiring process. Can't help but
sympathize with some of those guys, especially after hearing the tale
of a friend (from school): This guy goes through the the usual process
(for a developer's position) - lotsa prepping, anxiety, sweating,
mental stress, and tons & tons of tricky questions that made up the
grilling technical interviews. He does reasonably well and is told
,"You're through with the tech rounds. Your profile's being reviewed".
As is the case with most people, he begins to dream. Then... days &
weeks pass... blank. No response. Then one day, he's told (something to
the effect of), "Sorry, but your college background isn't good enough.
You're not from an "elite" college. Besides, you could've scored better
in your theoritical papers". The question to ask is, what were the
technical interviews for?
What was the resume submitted for?
Couldn't those guys look at the college name/marks right then and
figure out that his "pedigree" was "good enough" for them? Why waste
his time, effort and mental energy on this futile exercise and shut the
door in my face?
Moral: Don't dream of goog unless you're from an
elite college and you've maxed all your exams in college. You'd be
wasting your time.