It is certainly not a driver's license, this makes as much sense as asking Hamilton or Vittel to do a driving test before giving them a job as a driver.
That said, I would not be surprised this would happen at Google as they truly believe their process is vastly superior, as they believe themselves.
Pretty sure they would ask Linus to to a C programming test as well, and score him badly because he can't remember the exact details of some algorithm he has not used since he wrote the first lines of Linux.
As it said, it makes no sense at all. F1 is not Google, "Provided a driver has previously held a super licence they do not have to meet these requirements, a driver who has held a valid super licence for any of the previous three seasons is eligible for a new licence, "
That said, I would not be surprised this would happen at Google as they truly believe their process is vastly superior, as they believe themselves.
Pretty sure they would ask Linus to to a C programming test as well, and score him badly because he can't remember the exact details of some algorithm he has not used since he wrote the first lines of Linux.