re: #12 KGxvi

I’ve actually been a part of the hiring/interview process from the employer side. The “best fit” thing is real in employment because someone can be immensely qualified but be an asshole that won’t function well within the group dynamic that the employer has developed. Big picture, it’s often better to pass on that “more qualified” person in order to save the overall productivity of the group.

And that’s often the case when the qualifications are close. Candidate A might check off 9 of 10 boxes but personality-wise doesn’t fit, while Candidate B only checks 7 of 10 boxes but fits better within the company’s dynamic.

The problem here, though, is that one candidate has checked of 8 of 10 boxes while the other has checked off 2 of 10.

Yet, in the eyes of the media, the guy who gets 2 of 10 should be given a handicap because the woman who managed 8 of 10 doesn’t smile enough in the interviewer’s opinion. The 2 of 10 guy is an insufferable and boorish asshole who tells a lot of racist and bigoted jokes and then insults you for not laughing with him, but the 8 of 10 woman has a negative view of coworkers because of her last job and so the interviewer thinks the guy might be a better fit because at least he’s trying to be your “friend.”