> "Having sat in on some hiring committee meetings I can see how little weight is given the algorithm if the candidate has a good reference or highly relevant e

> "Having sat in on some hiring committee meetings I can see how little weight is given the algorithm if the candidate has a good reference or highly relevant experience." I've sat in on a fair number of hiring committee meetings over the years and have only seen the opposite; poor performance on the testing is a disqualifier no matter how good their references or credentials are. Even the FAANGs make hiring mistakes so credentials don't mean much.