[s2g]

The answer is that google doesn't give a shit about false negatives.

They know they will get enough people applying several times that they can just toss out qualified people all day. Eventually enough get in.

[andybak]

Unless of course the hiring process has a systemic flaw and there's an entire class of people that are being rejected that could be game changing.

(I actually don't have an axe to grind here - it's certainly not related to any obvious grouping - I just wonder if interview and selection might be so deeply flawed that a the occasional random lottery injection might improve the overall result.)

[rrdharan]

There are effectively random lottery injections via acquisition/acquihires. Source: I was/am one.