[davidrupp]

And how do "you" evaluate Alice, with an MS in Computer Science, active Github, ten years of experience, all FAANG? Exactly the same way.

Even if I agreed with your premise that the prevailing paradigm is necessary for Bob (spoiler: I don't agree), I would rather it not be for Alice.

[lijok]

There's a ton of nuance to it. It's all about context and with what confidence can you derive that a candidate is suitable based on the available context.

Alice might have the qualifications you listed, but never worked in fintech startups and therefore needs additional probing. Bob on the other hand might have none of those qualifications, but has worked exclusively in fintech startups, and would therefore require different evaluation.

This kind of context-appropriate evaluation ofcourse becomes prohibitively expensive when you're filling hundreds of positions per month.