Being a hiring manager in Silicon Valley for a decade taught me how hiring really works. I will never again take it personally (or take it seriously) when I am

Being a hiring manager in Silicon Valley for a decade taught me how hiring really works. I will never again take it personally (or take it seriously) when I am not hired, because hiring is inherently irrational and can be subject to all sorts of weird biases. It’s like dating. If a company is just not into me, I shrug and move on.