>the cost for rejecting a good applicant is 4-5 hours of my teams time while they interview someone else The cost seems much higher to me. I have to interview

>the cost for rejecting a good applicant is 4-5 hours of my teams time while they interview someone else The cost seems much higher to me. I have to interview dozens of people to find a single good applicant. Rejecting one good applicant costs me dozens of interviews, not one.