I didn't say it did.
I wasn't saying that new grads are, on average, better than experienced hires. I was just saying that experience is not everything.
An experienced hire will outperform a new grad on a "build this project in 3 hours" test. But the new grad might actually be a fundamentally better engineer - they might be smarter, more careful, etc. Given 3 - 6 months of training, the new grad might actually make better technical decisions.
Obviously, the reverse can also happen: the experienced hire might be not only more knowledgable, but also smarter, more careful, etc.
The problem with the "build a project in 3 hours" test is that it weights experience and knowledge so heavily that you end up eliminating people who could be great, with a little bit of training.
Again, a new grad could also be a fundamentally terrible software engineer (there are fundamentally terrible software engineers with experience and with no experience). And in 20 years, they'll be a terrible software engineer with 20 years of knowledge and experience. They might be able to build a 3-hour project better than some smart inexperienced coder but I'd still rather hire the smart inexperienced coder (assuming I have some time to train them).
Ultimately, ALL hiring processes are flawed.
I wasn't saying that new grads are, on average, better than experienced hires. I was just saying that experience is not everything.
An experienced hire will outperform a new grad on a "build this project in 3 hours" test. But the new grad might actually be a fundamentally better engineer - they might be smarter, more careful, etc. Given 3 - 6 months of training, the new grad might actually make better technical decisions.
Obviously, the reverse can also happen: the experienced hire might be not only more knowledgable, but also smarter, more careful, etc.
The problem with the "build a project in 3 hours" test is that it weights experience and knowledge so heavily that you end up eliminating people who could be great, with a little bit of training.
Again, a new grad could also be a fundamentally terrible software engineer (there are fundamentally terrible software engineers with experience and with no experience). And in 20 years, they'll be a terrible software engineer with 20 years of knowledge and experience. They might be able to build a 3-hour project better than some smart inexperienced coder but I'd still rather hire the smart inexperienced coder (assuming I have some time to train them).
Ultimately, ALL hiring processes are flawed.