> Obviously not every can meet that standard and there's no shame in not being the absolute best.

There's an interesting implication in your statement. The inherent assumption is that the metrics which Google uses to hire interviews would be the definition of the best. In other words, if you'd use Google's interview process in the whole world - the filter of that would lead you to the "best of the best" and "not so the best".

I don't know the answer to it but you may want to consider this aspect before reaching the conclusion.