Many acqui hires get interviewed again. Most acqui hires are a business deal for the company's business.
I’ve never heard of any other company doing this, but I haven’t been looking especially carefully.
From FAANG, to start ups, to established traditional engineering companies.
- If they decline, you usually get a very generous severence package
- While sometimes technical, there is usually significantly evidence of your abilities from the acquired company's records.
- In my experience it's usually a cultural test more than any other.
- Interviewing is part of the evaluation. If the hiring company thinks everyone is grossly incompetent they can reevaluate the acquisition or call it off entirely.
Just curious, because again, I’ve only ever heard this from friends that got bought by Google. I’m not saying others don’t, just haven’t heard of it from folks getting acquired at other places.