I do not have an alternative and agree that this type of screening is necessary.
I just think the fundamental problem here is not procedural as the post seems to suggest - but rather social-psychological. Making the experience less painful to the losers is the key problem to solve.
That would fix the candidate pipeline problem because people would be less terrified of failure.
I don't know how to solve it.
To quote Leonard Cohen:
It's coming from the sorrow in the street
The holy places where the races meet
From the homicidal bitchin'
That goes down in every kitchen
To determine who will serve and who will eat
I do not envy anyone in the position of making this determination!
I just think the fundamental problem here is not procedural as the post seems to suggest - but rather social-psychological. Making the experience less painful to the losers is the key problem to solve.
That would fix the candidate pipeline problem because people would be less terrified of failure.
I don't know how to solve it.
To quote Leonard Cohen:
I do not envy anyone in the position of making this determination!