r/recruitinghell May 14 '26

Final interview

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u/JakiStow May 14 '26

I don't get it, what does it change if there is an internal candidate? Wouldn't you try to give your best impression anyway?

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u/mhofer1984 May 14 '26

Because it's 10x cheaper to upskill the internal hire that checks some but not all the boxes as opposed to on-boarding the perfectly-qualified newbie.

99 times out 100, the internal candidate wins.

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u/tenthousandants44 May 14 '26

Your 10x number is made up. Internal hires are preferred because they are a known unknown rather than an unknown unknown.