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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2530672" data-attributes="member: 3649">I would guess it would depend on the mix of other people they'd be working with and how they might get along, especially if you're hiring for a position that regularly works in a team. The first person who has the best technical qualifications might not be the best person for the job. I can think of a couple people who are qualified as hell as far as technical aspects go but they're virtually unhirable because they can't get along with people in a team situation for longer than six months, or in one where they might have to serve two or more masters. They're working in positions far below what they are technically capable of because of this; the companies can get some use out of their skills and don't have to subject others to their presence. They'll stay where they are until they die, though. If those companies had not shopped, they'd be stuck with these guys in more prominant positions. Firing them due to certain considerations would not be easy. They more than likely would have adversely affected the team productivity and led to lower morale for the rest of the people that had to depend on them.Also, you shop because you might get a bargain <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> You get Professional A who has a wife and kids and a home. You get Professional B who is a single guy. Both are equally competent in their job. In some cases, you might want B because he's going to work cheaper than A. In some cases you might want A despite his higher price tag because he'll mesh better with the more seasoned and mature people on the team position you're trying to fill, where B might be too much of an outsider.Another consideration, sad to say, might be the race or sex of the person. If company policy says that a woman needs to be in that position now because otherwise you might start getting complaints from other departments or a closer look from Federal officials, you hire the most competant woman you can get. She may or may not be the most technically qualified of the applicants, but in addition to the 'HR game', HR sometimes has to play the 'let's not open ourselves to a lawsuit' game.</blockquote>

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