Navigating the Software Engineer Interview Process

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   The claim is misattributed: Kaplan & Lerner's cited paper is about venture capital, not hiring; the structured-interview evidence is associated with Schmidt & Hunter's selection-methods meta-analyses.

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   A 2019 study by Kaplan and Lerner published in the Journal of Finance found that structured hiring processes with defined scoring rubrics produced significantly more consistent and predictive outcomes.

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   Meta-analyses of personnel selection methods by Schmidt and Hunter found that structured hiring processes with defined scoring rubrics produced significantly more consistent and predictive outcomes across interviewers than unstructured approaches.

   Why: Verified live: body text already attributes the structured-hiring finding to Schmidt and Hunter's personnel-selection meta-analyses. The Kaplan & Lerner (2010) venture-capital paper remains correctly cited elsewhere in the bibliography as an unrelated legitimate source, not misattributed to the hiring claim. FAQ field checked (decoded via base64/json/base64/json) - no mention of Kaplan/Lerner/Schmidt/Hunter or this claim in any FAQ entry. No action required this pass; confirming the existing correct state.

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