What could go wrong with this strategy? If you’ve ever been in one of these interviews, on either side of the table, plenty. Are you going to tell me the hirin

What could go wrong with this strategy? If you’ve ever been in one of these interviews, on either side of the table, plenty. Are you going to tell me the hiring manager is going to pick the best person for the job? There’s nobody closely watching the hiring manager, and they’re making it his subjective judgment call, which candidates fall on which edge of the wastebasket. If you’re anything like most people, you’re going to be in absolutely no hurry to finish the hiring process, absent some pressure. Once that pressure comes, you want that position to stay vacant: maybe no hires will clue the higher-ups in to the fact that that should be your job and they should promote from within. So how do you deflect the pressure while keeping the position vacant? Schedule a few interviews and shitcan every candidate. Not senior enough, too old. Not experienced enough. Wants too much money. Doesn’t look like a good fit. Doesn’t matter what you say because your excuse will be good enough for the upper management to see things the way you want them to see them. You’ll offer your understanding shoulder when they come crying that they can’t staff up as fast as they want. Maybe you realize this is why you’re short-staffed. Your only ticket out of this purgatory is to season in your current position a bit and then hope that the company you try to land a higher-paying position at doesn’t have someone in the same boat doing the hiring.