I am mystified that companies use interviews in hiring despite the overwhelming academic evidence that interviewing does not work, I conjecture that what we a

I am mystified that companies use interviews in hiring despite the overwhelming academic evidence that interviewing does not work, I conjecture that what we are discussing is primate social behavior (yes, "monkeys in a tree") and social hierarchy in action. Of course we _are_ primates, so maybe it _is_ vital that Google hire enough "alpha males" or whatever.