There&#x27;s also a pretty strong adverse selection problem in the applicant pool.<p>People with strong resumes and strong interviewing skills just don&#x27;t apply and interview all that often.<p>People who are weak at the resume stage send out a LOT of resumes. People who are weak at interviewing fail to succeed at a lot of interviews.<p>Therefore, the randomly chosen resume and randomly chosen interview candidate are well below the median of all workers in the field.