If TripleByte’s software was even trained on a sufficient volume of data, Taggar imagines it could even make the hiring decision if technical ability is the sole criteria.
When is technical ability ever the sole criteria? Granted it would be incredibly useful to know up front if a candidate is technically strong enough but you still need to establish if a candidate would work well with your team. Technical ability is worthless if the candidate has a horrible attitude.
That being said, the idea of accumulating significant data over a significant period of time and actually defining what makes a successful engineer is intriguing.