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by leonidasv 1201 days ago
The business goal of interviews is not to select the best one, but to narrow down candidates with an acceptable fit for the role.

An interview system with a high false-negative rate is not seem as problematic if the false-positive rate is also low. The cost of not hiring a very good candidate is way lower than the cost of hiring a bad one (even considering the opportunity cost in most cases).