Erm, no. Applications are needed (or, more charitably to TFA, useful) precisely because qualifications can be hard to quantify. That’s why they are called Appli

Erm, no. Applications are needed (or, more charitably to TFA, useful) precisely because qualifications can be hard to quantify. That’s why they are called Applications and not Forms. And Qualifications not Quantifications. Hence RCTs are not really a solution. Look at clinical trials. They are already heavily quantified compared to Social Science, which hiring is, and its a consensual mess