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Ah yes hire your cog for the machine with no regard to team fit

The problem is that 'team fit' can often be a synomymn for 'someone like me'.

If there are particular attributes that you want to hire for, those should be in the job/person spec and candidates should be assessed against them.

It is quite blatantly not-even-code for “I like him”. That likability doesn’t necessarily depend on the protected classes, but often will.