Admittedly, I think many universities' HR depts would prefer if somehow the Almighty Objective Rubric always prevailed, but realistically, a whole lot of holistic aspects go into hiring! And most of the time, imho, 5+ candidates are pretty awesome; you can only hire one & you gamble & hope!
As everyone knows, when a university hires new faculty, they just stack all their credentials up in a row and whichever one is highest gets the job. Easy peasy.
