Sometimes people haven hidden agendas - they want to bring their friend in and want to show they had dozens of interviews and could not find anyone. I was at a

Sometimes people haven hidden agendas - they want to bring their friend in and want to show they had dozens of interviews and could not find anyone. I was at a Fortune 1000 company and we interviewed one guy. He answered every technical question flawlessly. He was personable. The lead turned him down. I argued it since he was the best we had seen. He said "I don't think he'd appreciate it if we called him at 3AM to do some work". This was the reason to not hire him, since no other rational reason could be given. The position wound up being filled by his friend, whose skill set was way below the interviewed guy, and who ambled in at 10:30-11:00 AM every day.