Yes, we hired a few that stood out. They were indeed kinda weird for a few months, some got blander afterwards and some stood a lot more, but all in all they were meeting the bar we had in mind, and the ones that really grew weren't those we expected at first.
In particular we had people who's surface personality were completely different from what we perceived during the interview. Not in any way that made it hard to work with them, but moving from university to a corporate environment was just enough of a gap to change their behavior in significant ways. I think hiring fresh graduates is way harder in that respect, and we were happy to have some flexibility in the work culture. One of the guy moved from a super rural area to be thrown into the megalopolis, and it was a real journey, we had the funniest late to work excuses ("couldn't find my bike cause I parked it near the neighbor's house and he moved it in their garage thinking it was his son's" -- later found his house had a bike parking behind the building)
In particular we had people who's surface personality were completely different from what we perceived during the interview. Not in any way that made it hard to work with them, but moving from university to a corporate environment was just enough of a gap to change their behavior in significant ways. I think hiring fresh graduates is way harder in that respect, and we were happy to have some flexibility in the work culture. One of the guy moved from a super rural area to be thrown into the megalopolis, and it was a real journey, we had the funniest late to work excuses ("couldn't find my bike cause I parked it near the neighbor's house and he moved it in their garage thinking it was his son's" -- later found his house had a bike parking behind the building)