We had a candidate once who was super smart, it was a role we really needed filled. His level of knowledge exceeded mine on every area I asked (not a high bar,

We had a candidate once who was super smart, it was a role we really needed filled. His level of knowledge exceeded mine on every area I asked (not a high bar, but it meant he got full marks on every one of my questions). But he was insufferable. (Blamey, exaggerating, interrupting, bitter). In the hiring committee everyone rated his knowledge tops. Everyone also said “but I’d never want to work with him” He had interviewed with our parent company before. He asked why he hadn’t been selected the previous time “was it because I asked about the secret locations of data centers?” I said “I assure you it wasn’t that” we ended up not hiring him and leaving the role unfilled. Some employees are not better than nothing. Think about that for a second. We chose to have nothing than hire an asshole.