Not that this would justify it, but I'm curious if it even works. Like most other things companies do in the hiring process (e.g. endless redundant interviewin

Not that this would justify it, but I'm curious if it even works. Like most other things companies do in the hiring process (e.g. endless redundant interviewing rounds, ridiculous culture fit questions) -- or the stuff they do in their day-to-day work ("Agile") -- it doesn't need to actually "work" for it to be widely adopted. It just needs to appear to work, and to give off a warm, buzzy feeling.