On thinking about it, if I was going for a job and one of the other candidates was a personal friend of one of the interviewers I would feel at a disadvantage. This is because in a normal situation a candidate would have a limited time to make a good impression with the interviewers in a situation where they might be nervous.
Someone well known and already liked by one of the interviewers would not have this problem and hence they would have an unfair advantage.
Our Welfare State. Is it broken?
Anyone know a good mosquito repellent?