I'll even go one more step and say that Ive been in places where candidates were interviewed and "not liked" because some of the more senior devs in the place felt outshined/threatened by the candidates credentials and ability.
These same candidates were great when I interviewed them but when I said yes to a person, there were usually a hand full of people on the team who didn't like them for various "not enough blah blah probably can't do the work we do here" etc.
These same people tended to have no objections to hiring candidates with more marginal credentials and talent.
In the case Im referring to, the engineers absolutely did understand quality and didn't want it around, instead favoring lower quality such that they could remain unchallenged. I wonder how common this is in the world.
These same candidates were great when I interviewed them but when I said yes to a person, there were usually a hand full of people on the team who didn't like them for various "not enough blah blah probably can't do the work we do here" etc.
These same people tended to have no objections to hiring candidates with more marginal credentials and talent.
In the case Im referring to, the engineers absolutely did understand quality and didn't want it around, instead favoring lower quality such that they could remain unchallenged. I wonder how common this is in the world.