For those who think that there is a skills shortage, let me tell you about my Google job interview

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63. It was the perception of insensitivity, not the reality.

And, yes, it's pretty common to have the interview decisionmaker on the outside looking in. As you know, GOOGLE is in the business of analytics, and I'm sure they have a raft of proprietary profiling software and methodologies that they ran you through before they took the time to have someone talk to you. They probably did a full psychological and vocational screen of your knowable Open Source history. Do you expect their interview process to be any less methodical, trip-wired, and gamed against you?

BTW: I applied to the same company a few years ago (non-STEM compliance position), and didn't make it to the interview stage. So, congrats - you've learned something about the globalized corporate world. May it serve you well. We're all stuck in the same hell.