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How does Google ensure fairness and lack of bias in its hiring decisions?

Google ensures fairness and lack of bias in its hiring decisions through a six-part process. This process is designed to ensure that the quality bar is not compromised. In the early days, the founders hired by committee and often interviewed candidates together. This practice was formalized in Google's 2007 "wisdom of crowds" study, which emphasized that no individual interviewer will get it right every time. Therefore, hiring is considered everyone's job at Google. This approach helps to minimize bias and ensure a fair hiring process.

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Google has done years of research and experimentation to hire more efficiently. For example, it has done one-day recruiting events on college campuses in the U.S. and India to see if its offer acceptance rates improved. The company found that the accelerated speed didn't materially improve the candidate's hiring experience or acceptance rates, so it remains focused on finding ways to hire people they might overlook rather than move faster. Google's hiring process consists of six parts designed to ensure that the bar for quality is not compromised and that hiring decisions are fair and free of bias. In the early days, the founders hired by committee and often interviewed candidates together while sitting around a ping-pong table, which doubled as their only conference room table. From the beginning, Page and Brin considered hiring to be everyone's job because no individual interviewer will get it right every time, an instinct Google formalized in its 2007 "wisdom of crowds" study. Goog...

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