That may be and it could just be coincidence or location or whatever. Don't get me wrong, though, I have definitely interviewed highly (well, supposedly) experienced software engineers who, when faced with actually writing and reading code, could barely understand. So, I acknowledge that it does happen but just that in my experience, not overly often.
In the times that I have seen it happen, though, I almost always wonder how the heck it's possible? Either they really did lie about their experience (possibly but let's assume not) OR they have worked at places that didn't interview well (?) somehow just skated by for years on end? Or maybe there is another possibility for why this happens.
In the times that I have seen it happen, though, I almost always wonder how the heck it's possible? Either they really did lie about their experience (possibly but let's assume not) OR they have worked at places that didn't interview well (?) somehow just skated by for years on end? Or maybe there is another possibility for why this happens.