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Originally Posted by taxwonk
The most honest thing a hiring partner ever said to me was "if you're sitting here, you already know you're qualified for the job. The interview is only to see how well you fit in." There are whole universes of meaning in that sentence.
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That hiring partner was either a liar, stupid, or never had the experience of interviewing a guy who got good grades but couldn't get through a 30-minute interview without either putting the interviewer to sleep or making several wildly inappropriate statements (or, in the really thrilling interviews I've had, both).
I've seem a lot of candidates who were just fine on paper, but had such shitty personalities, presence, or judgment that I would never want a client to see them -- which meant that they were not qualified.
This depends, of course, on the nature of the firm and the position. At some places, a book-smart guy who can work hard but neither has nor wants a personality might be a good thing, and he'll never see a client anyway. But that wouldn't work for me or, I would guess, GGG.
Just because someone gets an interview doesn't mean that they are qualified for the job or meet the hiring standards. It means that what they have on paper is good enough to get them an interview.
