Hi Len,

>More than once I was in the position of not being able to employ highly qualified & very able people, because the "Human Resources" department said that their personality profile tests showed that they did not fit the company profile & I had to employ less able people.

You are kidding me!

What a loser company that is (was?). I can't understand companies that hire based on stuff peripheral to the job itself. I guess, to quote Pink Floyd, they look for "a club tie, the firm handshake...a sudden look in the eyes, an easy smile".

Since I joined Microsoft last month, I find myself dealing with people (outside my team of course) that would be completely unhireable by conventional corporate standards but who kick ass here because they have a passion for what they do and are damned smart at doing it. And *that* is what contributes to the bottom line. Everything else is superfluous. Any hiring authority who doesn't understand that deserves a good swift kick in the tail.