Comments by "yessum15" (@yessum15) on "Veritasium" channel.

 @TheDivegeek Where did the trope of weird questions being asked at cutting edge tech firms come from?
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@dudeomfgstfux There is no point whatsoever & it was never relied on. It was mainly a marketing strategy to portray the image that the new tech companies were somehow different than the old guard they were replacing & to add to the enigmatic mystique of their hiring process. When in actual fact they were just relying on transcripts, portfolios, and nepotism like everyone else. It also functioned to give them cover for rejecting candidates for other reasons that might not be legal or likeable. There is no value to having good communication or breaking down problems when all the variables are unknown. As is the case here.
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