You have a good point and in my (much more limited than Ms. Meyer) experience, the CV is a very strong indicator. But there are times it does not work: 1. The

You have a good point and in my (much more limited than Ms. Meyer) experience, the CV is a very strong indicator. But there are times it does not work: 1. The candidate has to be truthful or you have to actually verify. Also, its worth being very careful about exactly what is said. I have met someone who genuinely had 4 years as a Senior DBA. It was true, and his former boss loved him. But when I proved for details, he was the senior DBA because he was the only DBA in the small company and mostly maintained a system consultants had set up earlier. He did not seem ready to do new development or manage a major system to me after a thorough interview. 2. The candidate is straight out of school. While there are exceptions, most people don't have much of a resume at that point. 3. The candidate is making a career change. Similar to being straight out of school (in fact they may be straight out of school for the second time) they won't and can't have a lot of experience in that particular field. Of course, 2 and 3 might indicate you don't want to hire them for a senior position anyway, but it does make using the CV as the primary determinant challenging.