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You divide candidates into such stereotypical categories why not throw all of that labeling away and get to know each candidate as unique humans with different skills/personalities and make judgements on those?

It's like you are judging a tasting contest by the color of icing instead of eating it.



When it comes time to determine qualifications, we of course do that. But if that's the point where you decide to start caring about the pipeline, you've already lost.




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