> they found a 20+ years experienced engineering manager holding patents on computer networking under-qualified for an ordinary site maintenance position.
To be fair, I've interviewed people at previous companies that had patents and 15 years at IBM on their CV and completely failed even the most basic system / coding questions.
(fizzbuzz style).
There are a lot of people that read great on the CV but then it turns out that they mostly kept a chair warm and organized meetings over the last decade without actually retaining any technical knowledge.
Not saying that was the case here, but it happens and it's probably worth checking people on their stated qualifications.
To be fair, I've interviewed people at previous companies that had patents and 15 years at IBM on their CV and completely failed even the most basic system / coding questions. (fizzbuzz style).
There are a lot of people that read great on the CV but then it turns out that they mostly kept a chair warm and organized meetings over the last decade without actually retaining any technical knowledge.
Not saying that was the case here, but it happens and it's probably worth checking people on their stated qualifications.