I work for a large corp. We used to get resumes from HR (not sure what filtering they did) and follow up with a phone screening. If that went well there was an hour interview and a panel interview. I don't think our process was the best.

Recently, hiring was overhauled. Every office that needs engineers submits a list of requirements. All interviewing is handled by a hiring panel that consists of HR and engineers with relevant experience, but who do not work on the team or with the project. The hiring panel hires people without any interaction between the team and the candidate and without any input from the team.

Basically, we sent in a posting and they send us an engineer. I'm curious to see how this plays out, though I'm not very hopeful. I think someone looked at how much money was being spent on staffing at the lower level and decided to consolidate it.

Anyone have similar experience?