The reality is that people that do the hiring are usually workaholics, so they turned interviews into dating. The only way to get a job is if all the people involved like you outside the job.
So look into networking, nepotism and cronyism.
The real kicker is that "All the people liking you outside the job" is going to be radically different at each place. There is no way to calculate for that.
This is why workplace culture is stupid. We don't need to be a substitution for real friends. Just let us do our jobs. Socializing is a great skill, but it doesn't equate to being able to debug Golang or detect accounting fraud.
lmao, it's true. You show up on time, put your best foot forward, talk about your experience, passions, skills, and then they'll consider whether you're tall enough.
People won't like your answer but I pretty much agree.
My career opportunities are what my friends can help me with because I don't have Terence Tao's CV to beat out the highly recommended candidate by the friend of the hiring manager. I think many really underestimate the high probability of being up against the hiring manager's friend of a friend and delusional in their own ability to beat that friend out. If someone is such a standout and genius they really shouldn't be giving advice to the average person anyway in this area.