Is YouTube exempt from Google's lengthy indirect hiring processes?
Probably not. But when the CEO knows someone who he wants to hire, the rules can be bent. Remember, a lot of people working at Google got there via acquisitions. And they are afforded all the rights of "normal" employees that had 10 weeks of interviews (including moving to a "normal" team). I assume Google's official hiring process is mostly for recent college grads, because they don't have any experience (or code) t…
Acquisition employees still have to go through a round of intense interviews in order to continue through the acquisition