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> I'm still shaking my head at how a few extremely toxic people could so effectively poison the culture and good spirits of thousands of employees.

But I'm assuming he did great at the whiteboard interview! Being sarcastic but I've always been surprised how some really terrible personalities are hired because they aced the tech quizzes.

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A Google onsite has an entire interview dedicated solely to Googliness and Leadership (which is supposed to fill this role).

That was only introduced 2018 or so

Before then, every interviewer was expected to give feedback on such capabilities through asking questions about the candidate's history.

Opposite of what I saw in my time there. Interviews focused little if at all on the person’s actual history and experience. Just pre-baked questions. Maybe I was surrounded by idiot interviewers.

People change after they’ve adapted to their new circumstances.

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