I can and have rejected candidates who seemed qualified but were significantly unpleasant to interview. I don't mean they weren't super happy cheerful and outgo

I can and have rejected candidates who seemed qualified but were significantly unpleasant to interview. I don't mean they weren't super happy cheerful and outgoing during a stressful situation. That's a lot to ask for and plenty of awesome people get a little quiet and clammed up during interviews. I mean, they made sarcastic remarks about other people, or spoke condescendingly to me or other interviewers, or reacted nastily to feedback. That kind of thing. If I'm going to spend 40+ hours a week interacting with someone, I'm not going to hire a brilliant jerk. I don't care if they're great at their job. If I'm going go spend most of our time together wanting to scream at them, I don't want any part of it. No thanks. Life's too short to spend it around jerks.