I’ve been on the hiring side. It is hard but everywhere I’ve worked I’ve felt like it’s just been a fear reaction on the company’s side about possibly spending a dollar on a bad hire.
I had one position I was hiring for, for over a year where I just straight up told my manager that I didn’t care to interview anyone anymore until he was ok with them.
The process at every single place I’ve worked at was built to find a reason _not_ to hire someone because we might find the perfect candidate next week
(Depending on company culture) There is a lot of risk in making a bad hire, because in many companies it's very hard to fire someone for poor performance or being difficult to work with. In those situations, it's safer to leave a position vacant instead of making a bad hire.
One workaround is to hire contractors, or contract-to-hire. It does put risk on candidates who are leaving other jobs, though. (I won't contract-to-hire when I'm leaving a job, but I will if I'm unemployed.)
I had one position I was hiring for, for over a year where I just straight up told my manager that I didn’t care to interview anyone anymore until he was ok with them.
The process at every single place I’ve worked at was built to find a reason _not_ to hire someone because we might find the perfect candidate next week