Typical behavior from IT companies. I once interviewed with a large distribution company who needed a firewall engineer, something I did along with pen testing

Typical behavior from IT companies. I once interviewed with a large distribution company who needed a firewall engineer, something I did along with pen testing for almost 5 years. They hired the guy with the masters right out of Baylor because... he had a masters. He failed the firewall test we both sat through. He didn't know that firewalls route before they NAT. He didn't know what a state table was or how they are used. He didn't know how to set up a multi-spoke VPN. I knew and know all of that. Yet... he got the job even though he likely couldn't find his ass with both hands. I've learned to not be as bitter about stuff like this because most of the time, good employers value experience over education, as they should. There is not much I cannot do given the chance, yet being given the chance is the operative word.