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<blockquote data-quote="deja" data-source="post: 1366938" data-attributes="member: 13072">I don&#039;t think this is going to cause the interviewer much pause.&nbsp; It&#039;s an openly acknowledged fact that companies will sometimes seek candidates with weaker skillsets, because it gives them two advantages: longer loyalty to the job, and it&#039;s cheaper to hire someone who is qualified at the same level as the job requires.&nbsp; I recently asked the question of a company that was interviewing me: &quot;I notice from your staff that you typically have very senior members in the field working for you, with typical education levels at post-grad and over 8 years of experience, so what makes you go out to recruit someone like me, who has much less experience, and only a bachelor&#039;s?&quot;Unabashed, the answer was &quot;well, we at times look for new entries to the field because we can get a good value out of someone looking to get their foot in the door&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deja, post: 1366938, member: 13072"] I don't think this is going to cause the interviewer much pause. It's an openly acknowledged fact that companies will sometimes seek candidates with weaker skillsets, because it gives them two advantages: longer loyalty to the job, and it's cheaper to hire someone who is qualified at the same level as the job requires. I recently asked the question of a company that was interviewing me: "I notice from your staff that you typically have very senior members in the field working for you, with typical education levels at post-grad and over 8 years of experience, so what makes you go out to recruit someone like me, who has much less experience, and only a bachelor's?" Unabashed, the answer was "well, we at times look for new entries to the field because we can get a good value out of someone looking to get their foot in the door". [/QUOTE]

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