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> if we make a bad hire, that can drag down the productivity of a team for years

This is the essential cowardice of employers. Interviews are insufficient contexts to judge if someone can help move your business forward. Screen the incompetent, but just hire people and don't be afraid to let them move on if they don't work out after 2/=4/6 months.



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