Hiring & Recruitment

Every hiring process I've sat in claims to be looking for the best candidate. Ask "best against what" and you mostly get a blank look, because nobody's actually defined it. They're ranking people against each other on a shortlist, not against the team those people are meant to join. I think about it more like finding product-market fit than finding the smartest person available. You can build something brilliant and still watch it die because nobody wanted it. Hire someone br

Reading every single comment and message has taught me something: interviews are making everyone miserable. Candidates, hiring managers, recruiters, the lot. And the data backs this up in a way that's honestly quite grim.