On: Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data (2013)

[trustfundbaby]

> Well, it's maybe an admission that the top company's hiring process is better than your own

Or maybe the most naturally talented candidates self select into the bigger best known firms from the onset?

[PopeOfNope → trustfundbaby]

Or they're suffering from brand recognition. Google and Disney have a reputation for excellence, so just having it on your resume biases the interviewer into projecting those attributes onto you.

[collyw → PopeOfNope]

Yeah, having worked for a couple of Fortune 500 companies, 1 was fine to work for, the other was absolute hell.