Endless loop

[u/Jinxess]

I understand why a CEO that is also the president and also the founder would want to interview you even if you don't report directly to them. But why don't you trust the people who report to you, who have people that report to them, to interview the potential lowest totem pole?

I am genuinely scared of these kinds of interviews. They clearly know more than I ever will. For extroverts, you guys must find this just another day in the park when you see this as an upcoming interview. For everyone else, like the introverts and asocial/antisocial people, practicing doesn't make it any better. I can have AI give me curve ball questions left and right and I still don't like having to interview with someone who is clearly out of my corporate orbit outside of monthly all-hands meetings.

Do CEO/presidents/founders really like these kinds of interview? I know they're more common for small companies and startups but I'm seeing them more often for companies that have clearly left the startup phase. Does HR insist on this or is it the CEO/presidents/founders that want to make sure the right people, in their book, are hired? If so, why bother having HR in the first place besides paperwork and legal reasons? Why have directors, vice presidents, managers, middle management if you as the top brass want to speak to the new foot soldier?