I think we may be talking about slightly different things. There is a ton of well researched psychology work on self deception, confirmation bias, it goes on a

I think we may be talking about slightly different things. There is a ton of well researched psychology work on self deception, confirmation bias, it goes on and on. Asking about the things that the OP was mentioning are deep psychological traps. Perhaps the OP has deep self awareness, but that does not apply to the general candidate or human. Our blind spots of our own actions and behaviors are profound.