Unfortunately, there are way too many unqualified people out there applying for jobs and ruining it for the rest of us. As a hiring for manager for years, I've

Unfortunately, there are way too many unqualified people out there applying for jobs and ruining it for the rest of us. As a hiring for manager for years, I've seen a huge number of people try to fake their way through interviews. They can talk vaguely and grandiosely about all the technical problems they solved at their past jobs or in school. But the breakdown always happens when you ask them to solve a problem for you. Sure, they may be undiscovered geniuses who are too nervous to think straight. But where there's smoke, there's fire, and in this case behind the smoke are ten other people lined up to interview for the same job. All things being equal in terms of general personability and hygiene, the one who displays technical competence gets the job. Just imagine if the odds weren't so skewed in favor of job hunters. When the economy slows, when your jobs are really subject to outsourcing to a lowest bidder overseas for a fraction of the price, these sympathy hires will be a thing of the past.