Bull-fucking-shit. Google and Facebook are the poster children for algorithm based interviews. They don't give 2 shits about what you have done because it wasn't done at Google, so it counts for nothing. Now go solve another pointless dynamic programming problem you waste of skin.
It's all about separating the good from the bad.
No, it's about google being able to continue jerking off to the idea that they only hire the best.
I've seen people smarter than me get rejected and people dumber than me get hired. Google's process is shit, and that would just be par for hte course but the company is god damn arrogant about it.
Hell, you decided to be a condescending fucking asshole just talking about it on HN.
Sheesh! Glad to see those google filters are still working pretty well...