> "we can't do this because it looks like a test and we'd have to do the same test for every candidate" Oh, what a terrible tragedy, to give candidates consist

> "we can't do this because it looks like a test and we'd have to do the same test for every candidate" Oh, what a terrible tragedy, to give candidates consistent evaluations that are actually comparable between each other... /s I get the point you're presenting, but at the end of the day it still boils down to "we can't use tests because then we'd have to be held accountable for objectivity, we prefer instead a system that lacks any kind of rigor such that any result may not be effectively challenged, officially or otherwise".