Indeed, overqualification is usually just an excuse. Many hiring managers are not adequately qualified to judge a candidate; so if they can just be satisfied t

Indeed, overqualification is usually just an excuse. Many hiring managers are not adequately qualified to judge a candidate; so if they can just be satisfied that two candidates both have the "required" skills (the list of which is often ridiculous), the manager will want the cheaper candidate. Unfortunately, at many companies the added cost value a more experienced candidate would bring would be wasted anyway. Unless management and upper management are high performers, a skilled senior worker will be see some of their advanced capabilities ignored or even stymied by the poor decisions above them.