There's a moment in almost every hiring process where urgency takes over. The seat's been empty for three weeks. The team is stretched. Someone says, "Let's just get someone in here." And from that moment on, speed becomes the goal, not fit, not fundamentals, just filled. I get it. An open role feels expensive every single day it stays open. But here's what I keep coming back to: speed and certainty aren't the same thing, and chasing one often costs you the other. The Speed v