You test the floor, not the ceiling. Truth is, I'm never looking for "the best", I'm looking for "good enough to do the job competently". Because we can hem an

You test the floor, not the ceiling. Truth is, I'm never looking for "the best", I'm looking for "good enough to do the job competently". Because we can hem and haw over what is best for hours. And we could disagree with what qualities in what proportion make someone "the best". But we can all generally agree with "could do the job". As I've mentioned elsewhere, we're hiring right now and we have the duality of candidates in our pool. There's one guy who is just a hard no from at least two people in the group. And that translates into a no from the third member simply because we're so adamant that he's not the guy. And there's another who we're all feeling really solid on. Not "the best", but solid floor and we feel they'll be able to learn. But being able to weed out people who can't even perform the basics despite having a decent resume is invaluable.