> But if you had the God’s-eye view of all your applicants, you might find out that 75% of all of applicants were good hires! ... or 5%, and rest fails at basi

> But if you had the God’s-eye view of all your applicants, you might find out that 75% of all of applicants were good hires! ... or 5%, and rest fails at basic litmus test of not too hard questions. People will apply anywhere regardless of their own (perceived or actual) skill level. And it is no wonder as the requirements will be half-lie or wishlist most of the time. So the one side throws resumes everywhere they can and the other just tries to best guess which one is worth spending time to even interview as there is too many to interview all. On other side, testing candidates puts a "homework requirement" on them, doing that online also makes cheating easy so you might bore/detract the good ones (they most likely already have decent job and don't care for few hours of homework on off chance they get thru the filter) while the less good will just find a way to check the box and pass anyway