Google Changes Hiring Process To Meet Job Opening Needs

Jan 3, 2007 at 9:00am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google Answer to Filling Jobs Is an Algorithm at the NY Times (also at International Herald Tribune) describes how Google is changing their hiring process to accept a more diverse set of candidates. They have designed a detailed online survey that is now being sent out to Google’s job application database. The survey is automatically scored using “a series of formulas created by Google’s mathematicians,” an applicant can earn anywhere between a 0 and a 100. In short, Google is looking to hire more people, quicker, and have less standards in terms of SAT score and GPA, but with more focus on how the applicant may fit within the company culture and work ethic.

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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ONE COMMENT ON Google Changes Hiring Process To Meet Job Opening Needs

Brokerblogger, January 3rd, 2007 at 7:09 pm ET:

I’ve probably reviewed over a thousand resumes and cover letters to apply for an online/offline advertising sales rep position I was offering. IMO, no matter how smart the person is that puts together the 300 question survey, no matter how good the algorithm is at spitting out the “perfect candidate”, nothing replaces three face to face interviews done in three different places, combined with a sixth sense that the interviewer has gained after many years of interviewing.

Of course that’s only if you want quality vs. quantity. If you want both, it takes time, research, and face to face interviewing talent.

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