There is no indication of what qualifies the author, Alison Green, to make statements about what hiring managers want. Presumably, she's a hiring manager of sor

There is no indication of what qualifies the author, Alison Green, to make statements about what hiring managers want. Presumably, she's a hiring manager of sorts, but the article doesn't actually state this. It is therefore impossible to know what hiring contexts she thinks this list is appropriate for. Certainly, in any hiring situation I've been connected with (as a software engineer), the main concern has always been, "Can they actually design and write code that works?", with a strong side of "Can they work with and get along with the existing engineers?". Nobody cares if they arrive slightly early or what their greatest weakness is. I suspect this list is made for interviewees fairly new to the job market who lack any skills that are in high demand.