As others have pointed out, this is just a filter for Google to see who wants the job the most and is willing to jump through the most hoops.
Google misses a lot of good candidates but the ones they get are good so they do not have to care about the broken process.
One could even say that this broken hiring process encourages the customer-averse CS automation nightmare at most Google products.
Hypothesis: Someone who experiences a hazing ritual to get a job at Google is less likely to worry about being nice to customers and will try to automate all customer facing interactions.
As others have pointed out, this is just a filter for Google to see who wants the job the most and is willing to jump through the most hoops.
Google misses a lot of good candidates but the ones they get are good so they do not have to care about the broken process.
One could even say that this broken hiring process encourages the customer-averse CS automation nightmare at most Google products.
Hypothesis: Someone who experiences a hazing ritual to get a job at Google is less likely to worry about being nice to customers and will try to automate all customer facing interactions.