I'd agree with you, but you have to interview probably 400/500 people, all with passable resumes, just to find basic competence (let alone the skills you might

I'd agree with you, but you have to interview probably 400/500 people, all with passable resumes, just to find basic competence (let alone the skills you might really need). What if you're talking about interviewing thousands of people, a number of which are passable on paper? It's a search problem, not laziness.