> which makes my bosses roll their eyes I think it is fair to explain the importance of getting hiring right to such bosses. It will increase profit for the fo

> which makes my bosses roll their eyes I think it is fair to explain the importance of getting hiring right to such bosses. It will increase profit for the following reasons: Software is a brain game: Having the right people with the right attitudes and smarts can make a multiplier difference. All the marketing and sales in the world won't help if the product sucks and nothing can get done due to drowning in tech debt and bugs. Such a problem leads to the death of the product, and if the company IS that product, the death of the company. It may take 5-10 years but the death will come. And the growth will not. Therefore you need to hire the best people you can. Therefore you need to treat the interview process as being as important (maybe more so) than the sales process. The goal is to hire the best people you can afford. If a good candidate can be sold on the company this increases the outcome of the final candidate you hire, because from the pool of people you can make an offer to, more would accept so you can be more fussy. Reading a CV prior to the interview will help you know that person and tailor the interview to their strengths, know what makes them tick and come up with examples of "we do this here". Also if you prepare or not it is apparent to the candidate in their impression and evaluation of your company. If you prepare you can also weed out liars or those with shallow experience, by digging into their CV with the right questions. Any boss that rolls their eyes doesn't know what their doing really.