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Errr, i'm really unsure of the point you are trying to make and thus can't actually formulate a response.

Is it: You think they should have had exactly the same experience/path?

Regardless, any of the points i can think of don't really seem that relevant to your original point and my response.

Did you respond to the wrong subthread?

I don't see the confusion. I'm saying its inconsistent and arbitrary. You're saying it is not.

I'm providing an example as to how it is inconsistent (friends experience) as well as an a priori rationale for why it's arbitrary (e.g Googliness is a fuzzy criterion that allows interviewers to make any arbitrary call).

I'm deeply unimpressed with Google's hiring process (I think it works for them because their roles are coveted, not because it's especially good). But you haven't established that their process is "arbitrary", only that it's inconsistent. In particular: I don't see any evidence you've provided that "Googliness" is the reason one of your peers got to skip phone screens.

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