We can watch players play previous games. We can see their progression as a player over time.

For tech, it's hard to know if someone is good in just a couple hours of interviewing.

It's not an excuse. Everyone in tech acknowledges that effective recruiting is important. But beyond doing basic stuff right like not ghosting candidates, that knowledge isn't actionable. No one has found a reliable, repeatable, scalable solution. If you can figure that out then you'll be a billionaire.