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It's become a big topic at Google, and one Pichai addressed in February at an internal town hall meeting, where executives read questions and comments that were submitted by employees and summarized by AI, according to an audio recording that was reviewed by CNBC.
One question asked of management was, "Can we get onsite job interviews back?"
"There are many email threads about this topic," the question said. "If budget is constraint, can we get the candidates to an office or environment we can control?"
Pichai turned to Brian Ong, Google's vice president of recruiting, who was joining through a virtual livestream.