If you /didn't/ have to pass through the same meatgrinder that every other employee did there's a reasonable argument that it could be seen as an opportunity fo

If you /didn't/ have to pass through the same meatgrinder that every other employee did there's a reasonable argument that it could be seen as an opportunity for favoritism. But that sort of ignores that if an interviewer wants an interview to go well (because they feel more empathy for one interviewee over another for instance...) it tends to go better. We like to pretend that "a question is a question" but we're just testing the person's state of mind. I've had interview questions I've answered >10 times and drawn complete blanks because I'm trapped in a tiny room with a person with an inflated title and ego, and their shadow who is intently staring at every movement I make.