"Have you ever heard of Google?" asks associate product manager Alex Vogenthaler of a smiling man.

"No."

To purge the planet of this unacceptable answer, Google "seeks brilliant kids and slots them directly into important jobs—no experience necessary," according to Steven Levy in the latest Newsweek. You gotta wonder: Is Google, which supposedly overhired this year, cooperating with such stories to attract even more bright young employees? Or just to rub it in our faces?

(Photos L-R by Z. Koren / Polaris; J. Silberberg / Panos; P. Blakely / Newsweek)