[enneff]

"Yeah, no. Of the dozens of Googlers I've met, their take is that this is just not the case."

I am a Googler. I mentioned explicitly that false negatives happen, and stated why they are preferable. Why, then, do you preface your comment with a disagreement?

[csallen]

Because you also said this:

>> If the feedback from five different interviewers led to a 'no hire' decision, the chances are good that it was the right decision.