The applicant will essentially have the following:-

[jamesbrown]

In my experience, most of the very best people I've worked with, who were truly experts at their roles, are the ones that had no degrees.

To paraphrase, you've worked with several muppets that had degrees. There are plenty of those.

More generally than that....bollocks

In a lot of specialist areas (outside of code monkeying), there isn't a route in without a degree/higher degree anyway, so it's moot.

[SueEllen]

"similar to me" bias - poor interviewing discipline

Actually the client who gave an interview to OU people had technical manager was from elsewhere in Europe and went to a university there, while the HR women had two degrees each from Russell Group universities.

So yep they were purposely giving interviews to people not like them.

[northernladuk]

"similar to me" bias - poor interviewing discipline

It is? If I could find candidates as good as me I'd hire them in a heartbeat....

[radish2008]

It is? If I could find candidates as good as me I'd hire them in a heartbeat....

Would they all have already asked their accountants ?

[BrilloPad]

It is? If I could find candidates as good as me I'd hire them in a heartbeat....

When you interview me, I will answer every question with "have you asked your accountant". I should be a shoe in....

[northernladuk]

Would they all have already asked their accountants ?

When you interview me, I will answer every question with "have you asked your accountant". I should be a shoe in....

It's lucky you are both contractors and not comedians

When can you both start?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

I don't have a degree. It's never held me back. A lot of adverts I see for full time roles normally stipulate a degree or "x years of relevant commercial experience".

[pr1]

Actually the client who gave an interview to OU people had technical manager was from elsewhere in Europe and went to a university there, while the HR women had two degrees each from Russell Group universities.

So yep they were purposely giving interviews to people not like them.

fair point if I had replied/quoted your post, but I didn't

[vwdan]

I don't have a degree. It's never held me back. A lot of adverts I see for full time roles normally stipulate a degree "x years of relevant commercial experience".

Same - no degree, never been mentioned. Stopped putting any education whatsoever on my CV years ago, too.

[SueEllen]

fair point if I had replied/quoted your post, but I didn't

Diddums - I challenged your prejudices.