[kkielhofner]

> I'm an engineering manager

How are you involved in the hiring process?

> Our engineers are fucking morons. And this guy was the dumbest of the bunch.

Very indicative of a toxic culture you seem to have been pulled in to and likely have contributed to by this point given your language and broad generalizations.

Describing a wide group of people you're also responsible for as "fucking morons" says more about you than them.