It’s a lot more work to find the signal in a stack of 200 resumes. Gaming the system is a good signal itself. The system has to be overcome to get things done.
I guess it depends what you're looking for. Our field is full of people gaming the system. I'd rather work with people who do the right thing, including creatively.
Do you really want to give superpowers to someone who does a "clever" thing, not concerned with collateral damage, and then casually walks away from the problem they created?
Remember the Captain America flagpole scene?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGAWgItUboE&t=1m55s
Do you really want to give superpowers to someone who does a "clever" thing, not concerned with collateral damage, and then casually walks away from the problem they created?