Facebook thinks Indians are smarter than Americans

Getting a job with a multinational company and then getting sent abroad for a project is something many Indians dream about. But now a lucky few are going beyond mere projects and getting posted overseas!

The move has been introduced by Facebook, which is doing something that no other company has done before. The social networking site is hiring Indians for positions based in the United states, reported The Times Of India.

Last week, in a newspaper advertisement, Facebook asked for applications from software engineers who wanted to be a part of the company in the US.

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Facebook has a development centre in Hyderabad and last year it hired an National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Warangal graduate for its office.

Reports suggest that companies hiring Indians for jobs based in the US is rare. Why then is Facebook hiring them?

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Is it because there is a dearth of talent in the US? Well, that's what Prabhakaran Murugaiah, founder and CEO at Corp-Corp, a Virginia-based technology staffing company tells TOI.

He says, "companies hiring from India for jobs based in the US is rare, but this will probably increase because of talent shortage in the world's largest economy."

So, can we now firmly conclude that Indians are smarter than Americans?