I'm curious what makes you think we are relaxing barriers to entry? The senior engineers I've hired are highly productive. And diverse. My process does not have

I'm curious what makes you think we are relaxing barriers to entry? The senior engineers I've hired are highly productive. And diverse. My process does not have a low barrier to entry. The goal is to use more accurate signals. Instead of hiring people who are good at talking about algorithms at a white board I want to hire good software engineers. > some people fail / lose This comes off as a condescending way of thinking about the hiring process. Even if the candidate is not qualified for the position I want to leave them feeling like I helped them a little in their career or at the very least in their interviewing skills and confidence. You can find a good fit for a role without leaving the other candidates feeling like they failed. And I think that starts to get to the crux of the problem at some companies : the process is meant to boost the ego of the interviewer. Almost every senior dev has a few stories about how the interviewer just wanted to feel superior. We can do far better than that.