[kkielhofner]

There's actually a debate in the biz/MBA world on "hire slow, fire fast"[0].

I believe Reed Hastings at Netflix has advocated in the past for a hybrid approach "hire fast, fire fast" - interviews can be nearly useless and unfair. See people who are excellent employees but poor "test takers" vs people who are actually terrible and incompetent but can crush an interview.

In my experience you just don't know what's going to happen until "the rubber meets the road".

[0] - https://hbr.org/2014/03/hire-slow-fire-fast

[csdreamer7]

You know, I was expected to hate that part from Reed Hastings when I first started reading it, but he is right. Interviews are nearly useless and unfair. Giving people a chance to learn technical and professional skills when you are starting out, even if you terminated later, is important.