This was good from the discussion you linked: As a counter anecdote, I had someone tell me they did an interview loop where the guy interviewing had social anx

This was good from the discussion you linked: As a counter anecdote, I had someone tell me they did an interview loop where the guy interviewing had social anxiety problems so he would talk to a hand puppet instead of the interviewer. He got all the technical questions correct and was hired, apparently, so there's that.