You literally can't put too much emphasis on hiring the right person. You (almost) can't put too much emphasis on not hiring the wrong person. Which is not th

You literally can't put too much emphasis on hiring the right person. You (almost) can't put too much emphasis on not hiring the wrong person. Which is not the same. Suppose your interview process has a 5% false-positive rate. Do you get more incompetents (say, bottom 5%) by looking for people in the top 50% or the top 5%?