Conversely you may find a person who, when free of the political, hierarchical, and prone to play it safe environment that is Microsoft marketing (or many depar

Conversely you may find a person who, when free of the political, hierarchical, and prone to play it safe environment that is Microsoft marketing (or many departments in many large corp's), will become a fantastic hire and combine their new found responsibility with years of experience to completely out-manouver companies with far bigger budgets. At the end of the day, if you place more weight on a the employment history of the candidate than the person, you may as well just flip a coin when determining whether they will meet your needs.