One of the people featured is a friend and former coworker at a different company. When I sent him this link, he said they never talked to him. They just pulled info off of his blog.
"Interviews" doesn't actually appear in the text of the article or its title. What does appear in the text is a very clear description of where the information came from.
"We spoke to several former Googlers to find out why they left the company, compiling their responses with those of other former employees who have written about their departures publicly."
I'm am, once again, quite impressed by hn's top comments.
I left my tab open long enough to still have the original title:
"Interviews with former Google employees to find out why they decided to leave (businessinsider.com)"
"We spoke to several former Googlers to find out why they left the company, compiling their responses with those of other former employees who have written about their departures publicly."
I'm am, once again, quite impressed by hn's top comments.