The value of a good memory when being interviewed

I think having a good memory is an important thing. Especially when judging the abilities of people I meet. People who could be considered to have high powered, or important jobs. I see them in action and then wonder how on earth they got their job, what quality did they have. Many may have been in the right place at the right time, but this coincidence goes on and on. So I then get to figure out it is also their ability to perform well in an interview.  Interviews can be difficult things, especially when preparing.  There is so many potential questions to go over, so many points of view, so much to consider. Particularly for the serious candidate.  The individual who is going to put  time and effort into studying and preparing for the interview. How is it possible to pull together a mass of information when needed? Memory.  If you can remember it you are more likely to get additional brownie points while sitting before the interview panel. Whereas if interview anxiety kicks in then stress and in turn memory becomes like a leaking bucket on a walk through the sahara desert.  Here comes the value of over learning, over revising, and over preparing. Lets not be misguided to think memory is everything, because it certainly is not. Confidence would be another factor, but it could be if you are happy with recall then confidence in turn improves.

One thought I have got to believe applies to long established organisations, a number of people in the hierarchy of power should not be there, it is as though their getting the job was a mistake. But a perpetual mistake. As years go past, one after the other, nothing is done to remove them. They stay there and can actually be a liability to the organization.  Put another way, I've come to believe high powered individuals are as equally poor decision makers as anyone else in a lower position. Memory doesn't make you a good decision maker, but being able to recall the salient points of a debate would stop you from making basic errors.  Therefore the value of having a memory is massive.  It goes beyond anything anyone can estimate. 

Consider the annual earnings of an individual, multiply this by the number of years they are likely to be in a job and the value of recall in the interview process is now very high.