> even the HR guy on the phone recognized it makes no sense to call me over it ...
Well, he had a quota to fill so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
There are situations where the market can be spectacularly efficient. Outsourcing hiring to third parties is definitely not one of them.
In this case, big companies can afford broken interview process, because it's not their time that's being wasted, and the inertia of a big corporation can hide a lot of inefficiency.
facebook had me as someone who could fill their quota for 1st rounds etc I sent an email asking them not to do this twice now. It is quite funny though, because every time I bring up NYC being the only possible location for me, the recruiter usually grumbles says its "tough to get into NYC" and then usually I get that the engineering manager "doesn't like that many people" I wonder how many people have been rejected working for Facebook because one person in NY doesn't like them? I mean that person might be amazing, but still seems limiting. They do fine anyway though, most of the hard parts have already been done long ago at Facebook I would suppose.....
Well, he had a quota to fill so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
There are situations where the market can be spectacularly efficient. Outsourcing hiring to third parties is definitely not one of them.
In this case, big companies can afford broken interview process, because it's not their time that's being wasted, and the inertia of a big corporation can hide a lot of inefficiency.