Extremely true. This is about systematizing the right things about interviewing, and making them solid. Checklist Manifesto is all about that, a great simple way to create systems that work.
At a high level, this is all about Deming ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming ) and TQM concepts -- if you want to achieve a high-quality output, measure the things that matter, and understand the variation present in the system. Once you have a stable system with good data achieved by good methods, you may then begin improving it. Attempting to improve a complex system without knowledge results in unpredictable changes—we call that tampering. Simple but beautiful.
So, in essence, this is an extremely natural and correct application of quality management principles to the hiring process. Stellar.
At a high level, this is all about Deming ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming ) and TQM concepts -- if you want to achieve a high-quality output, measure the things that matter, and understand the variation present in the system. Once you have a stable system with good data achieved by good methods, you may then begin improving it. Attempting to improve a complex system without knowledge results in unpredictable changes—we call that tampering. Simple but beautiful.
So, in essence, this is an extremely natural and correct application of quality management principles to the hiring process. Stellar.