[noonespecial]

You might find out something frightening. Getting the job mostly just came down to luck.

[entangld]

People in the real world realize that outside factors have a lot to do with hiring.

But when these conversations turn into arguments it all comes down to some applicants being more "qualified."

There are lots of reasons people get hired to do jobs they've never done before and lot of those reasons are subjective.

[rmATinnovafy]

Exactly.

Maybe the CEO got a not so gentle nudge from the investors to hurry up and hire somebody and you were the one they were interviewing next. Stuff like that happens a lot. The process is more about outside factors than the actual interviewing process itself.