Career Help and Advice

"they should be prepared to hire anybody who appears at that stage"

You pretty quickly get to a point where all candidates are good (at least on paper), but in the end, you have to find your way through to figuring out how you are going to pick one of them. I actually think interviewing is a critical step here. A lot of people with good resumes will very quickly turn you off once you meet with them face to face.

I do agree, I wouldn't actually say something like "I'm looking for reasons to not hire you."

On the flip side, I'd expect any job applicant to understand that was the case, whether I was crass enough to say it or not