We're currently going through a hiring cycle, and while admittedly, there's a lot of people applying, I get annoyed by some of our guys doing interviews removin

We're currently going through a hiring cycle, and while admittedly, there's a lot of people applying, I get annoyed by some of our guys doing interviews removing people from consideration for things that simply do not matter. I would likely have failed our own interview processes, yet I was one of the guys let know I was indispensable and not to worry about my job security by upper management when we were going through layoffs in the middle of the financial crisis, going so far as to offer me a raise in the middle of it. The post-interview review of candidates needs to be: (1) Are they smart? (2) Do they practice self-improvement? A given if (1). (3) Can we work with them? But not many people have the balls to take a chance on someone from the left field, so they'll settle for the mediocre plodder who has learned how to game the interview process.