It isn’t just about finding “good” candidates. It’s about finding a diverse set of candidates. Having spent a lot of time hiring over the past few years, I can

It isn’t just about finding “good” candidates. It’s about finding a diverse set of candidates. Having spent a lot of time hiring over the past few years, I can tell you that the candidates we see from “top tier” schools are almost always “good”, but also incredibly homogenous. I’d rather take the bit of extra effort to find people with different backgrounds and world views that are also “good” at what they do.