Battlecard: "I hire on gut because resumes lie"
Respond succinctly when someone uses intuition as a defense against structured evaluation.
A manager says unstructured intuition is better than a more disciplined hiring process. Resumes lie. I hire on gut because I’ve done this long enough to know. Experience matters, but it gets more reliable when the process gives it comparable evidence to react to. Structure is not the opposite of judgment; it is what keeps judgment from mistaking familiarity and fluency for fit. The response respects expertise while reframing the real issue: intuition is strongest after the same questions, the same criteria, and the same evidence set are in place. I hire on gut because resumes lie. Hiring-process objection Response…
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