this is a really hard thing to study empirically, but the data I've seen DOES reflect your personal experience. The hard parts are: 1. The correlation is weak

this is a really hard thing to study empirically, but the data I've seen DOES reflect your personal experience. The hard parts are: 1. The correlation is weak 2. It drops really quickly after satisifying the minimum 3. it's very different for every individual Good recruiters try to look for compatibility here very early in the process; unfortunately most recruiters are not good.