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Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews by tacomonstrous on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:30PM (#14075790)
That's a syllogism and I'm not sure it tells us anything. If you replaced interviewing with a footrace across hot coals the same assertion would be (just as vacuously) true.
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Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews by Spooky23 on Monday April 10, 2017 @07:38AM (#14077609)
It's deeper than that.

Everyone hates the process, and companies have investing major dollars and hours trying to improve. End of the day, little has changed since 1917. You either acquire-hire, get a strong referral or interview a pool of unknown applicants.

The tests and quizzes are little different to how a city hired an accountant in 1917. The old boys network evolved. Then you're left with the rest.

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