Taken altogether, it looks like Google is more interested in personality than ability, and in ability more than experience.

I had to laugh at myself on this bit, because it is SO me:

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What we’ve seen is that the people who are the most successful here, who we want to hire, will have a fierce position. They’ll argue like hell. They’ll be zealots about their point of view. But then you say, ‘here’s a new fact,’ and they’ll go, ‘Oh, well, that changes things; you’re right.’ ”