Case Study
Questions:
1. Is Google’s elaborate recruitment and selection system justified? What are appropriate criteria for assessing its effectiveness?
2. Google receives over 3,000,000 applications for 7000 positions. Is this an effective approach? How might you introduce efficiency and effectiveness to processing such large numbers of applications?
3. What attributes might Google use in selecting “team players”? How might they recruit and assess for these attributes?
4. Does “peer-based hiring” lead to better employees? Argue your point.