I've done hundreds of interviews, and for me I can usually tell that a candidate with a PhD and no real work experience will be amongst the worst pure coders I

I've done hundreds of interviews, and for me I can usually tell that a candidate with a PhD and no real work experience will be amongst the worst pure coders I come across, so I think it's a fitting stereotype. I'm sure there are exceptions but it's pretty clearly a signal for me. But I never look at candidate's resumes before I interview them to avoid any biases, since the companies where I have interview ed for, for better or worse, they care more about the whiteboarding or architecture answers rather than work experience.