I think it's worth spelling out the difference. The difference is that, for that mid level role, there are dozens of candidates who could fill it, who all look

I think it's worth spelling out the difference. The difference is that, for that mid level role, there are dozens of candidates who could fill it, who all look like good candidates on paper. It takes that long to sort through them all to find the person they like the most. But imagine for a moment that they write a job description, and they can only expect a few people to meet the requirements ever, and you're one of them. Also the job should've been filled yesterday. It's not going to take months to fill it. It'll take a week or less. This was that situation. But normally, those executive searches take months. You know who's a key player in this story, probably the most successful businessperson involved, who only got the CEO job after 5-6 months? Satya Nadella. And he would probably agree with you that this was a terrible way to hire a CEO that reflects poorly on the company.