And maybe the candidate came in with a haircut that reminded the interviewer of an abusive ex partner. Let's not pretend that interviewers are somehow objective

And maybe the candidate came in with a haircut that reminded the interviewer of an abusive ex partner. Let's not pretend that interviewers are somehow objective judges of character - each and every one of us has biases, and that's okay. I very much doubt that the taxi driver in this story had hiring veto powers. But as a "does this person act as an asshole" test, with possible results of "yes" and "maybe" is still very valuable - you get to remove the (apparent) assholes from your selection pool, and focus on those that might have enough decency to not be assholes in public. And often enough that's all you need. If you are always polite and respectful in public, but secretly get off on feeding baby chicks to your pet snake... that's weird, but not a dealbreaker for working together. As long as there's no spillover into your public life, I'm not here to judge.