There are many reasons close schools would have an advantage. I would be surprised if there aren't adjunct faculty at Stanford from Google (and UW from Microsoft) and interns sometimes prefer local opportunities to those far away.
It might be interesting to look at which colleges they hire from, but just drop Stanford (or control for the number of miles from Mountain View.
It might be interesting to look at which colleges they hire from, but just drop Stanford (or control for the number of miles from Mountain View.