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Stop Hiring The Person Who Wins The Room
A candidate lights up the room in the debrief, and a year later the company is searching again. Here's why.
I open this episode with a scene that will feel familiar to anyone who has sat in a hiring debrief. The candidate walks out, the folder full of scorecards and reference notes sits untouched on the table, and someone senior leans back and says, "I just really liked her." Heads nod. The room shifts from evaluation to formality. Nobody compares evidence. The verdict arrives before anyone has opened a single page.
This episode is about that moment, and about chemistry, the feeling in an…
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