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I did not downvote you but ask yourself: do you want to hire a primadona candidate that thinks she/he is above the company?

Of course you'd want to hire people who want work for your company. That's call a matching-process.

Would you marry someone who's not into you?

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That is a non sequitur. Not being able or willing to invest dozens of hours of effort spread over weeks (maybe months) into having relatively good odds of being offered a job by Google doesn't make you a prima donna.

> Would you marry someone who's not into you?

Trophy spouses are a thing. It ends about the same way. An opportunist doesn't change their ways because they achieve one goal.

Indeed, companies are opportunists and don't change their ways.

Incidentally, companies are perfectly capable of exploiting a superstar developer who thinks he is above the company by the usual group pressure tactics.

Especially if that developer is self motivated.

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