The finding was that people who had received a "no hire" recommendation yet still received an offer tended to do well. The reason being: to compensate for the p

The finding was that people who had received a "no hire" recommendation yet still received an offer tended to do well. The reason being: to compensate for the poor feedback, someone else on the hiring loop believed in the candidate so much and saw something exceptional and were willing to go to bat for them.