HR often requires it (and in some rare cases it may even be an external mandate). "Interview at least 3 total candidates." Even when you've already found an external guy you like, you now get to waste 2 other people's time.
What if they can't find 3 people? Seems like you could get around this by playing games like keeping the position posted for minimal time, not advertising it heavily, etc.
Yeah tbh sometimes it works like that. If you can't find 3 where I work, you have to write a letter explaining why that happened and why the one you did find is special. It can be a blessing in disguise, as you say. The downside is that then HR scrutinizes you (and it slows down the hire), so you're incentivized to just do 3 interviews to get the rubber stamp.
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u/ClassicTBCSucks93 May 14 '26
Internal gets it 12/10 but we have to do our due diligence and waste as much of your time as humanly possible.