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by rlonstein 3781 days ago

  > Since the destructive idea started that one bad hire 
  > was a disaster for a company, it has been a lot more
  > difficult than that.
I experienced this first-hand a few years ago. I had a few friends and former colleagues working there and was qualified. One of the six interviewers was known to be difficult (even to outsiders) and sank me. The CTO personally apologized to me face-to-face but decided to uphold the 100% agreement tradition.