A lot of hiring process is less about finding the best candidate, and more about finding a "good enough" candidate with as high a success rate as possible. Hiri

A lot of hiring process is less about finding the best candidate, and more about finding a "good enough" candidate with as high a success rate as possible. Hiring is expensive, so minimizing risk is pretty highly valued. People you already know are at least perceived as the lowest risk hires there are. So you hire people you already know, if you can. One man's cronyism is another's CYA.