What is the reason for hiring comittees pulling up a candidates linkedin profile when talking about a candidate being considered? Is it to aid the members in remembering the candidate or put a face on the name? Another data point? Vetting the candidates pedigree based on his past companies?
Does the story match the profile? Does anyone on the committee know anyone that has worked with the candidate before? It’s all part of due diligence.
Are you guessing or is that what actually went on?
No one who wasn’t in the room knew what actually went on. But that commenter’s guesses are reasonable based on my experience.
It is another data point Shall I finish with duh. Or something else ?
I don't think they're allowed to at Google. They're not supposed to see race or sex of the person being considered
That’s ironic considering they’re trying to increase diversity
Increasing diversity is by loading the pipeline but once it gets to HC I think it's too risky to use those kinds of attributes in a hiring decision
OP, I get curiosity, I really do, but why are you overthinking and disecting every little piece of the interview process, even things like this doesnt really matter? You first wanted to know what the piece of paper was they were writing down and if it contained a scoring scale at Google interview and now you want to know if theres a hidden meaning behind looking up a candidates linkedin? What gives?
I’m a curious cat 🐈
I think you are overthinking. It's likely a matter of convenience over having to search for 10m in email inbox to find the resume pdf...
That would fall under an aid to help remember the candidate. I’m just curious if some other companies use it for more than that