The job market is not that efficient. Interviews don’t reliably identify the skilled and the unskilled, and the search process is inefficient for hirers and see

The job market is not that efficient. Interviews don’t reliably identify the skilled and the unskilled, and the search process is inefficient for hirers and seekers. I don’t claim to have easy solutions for that, but the inefficiency I’ve observed on both sides makes it easy for me to believe your parent’s experience.