Reasons why "if an HR manager can deny you the job, it's not worth having": HR managers are corporate bureaucracy, and if they are making critical hiring decis

Reasons why "if an HR manager can deny you the job, it's not worth having": HR managers are corporate bureaucracy, and if they are making critical hiring decisions you can assume the company is bureaucratic. HR managers go by charm factor, like it or not. When you only need the very brightest, the charm factor is less important. HR managers like to believe they maintain a corporate status quo, which is a dangerous thing. And most often this means instituting policies of blandness and conformity, even via hiring selections.