[skj]

Lower-level management is drawn from the same pool as the engineers.

For upper-level, Google does not have the luxury of getting one thousand credible and serious applicants every week, so the process necessarily differs.

[judk]

That's begging the question. The eng interview process is an artifact of how they choose candidates. So is the VP interview process.

[skj]

Could you explain more what you mean? I'm tempted to dismiss it, but I don't actually understand your point so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt until I do.