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Doesn't this just make you a bad interviewer? The fact that blaming someones college is even on the table just makes it seem like you aren't doing your job as an interviewer. I've met tons of CS degrees from UC Irvine and other great schools who can't program worth a damn.

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I'm under impression that parent expressed frustration with having to work in environment with so little respect for human intelligence that this kind of bureaucratic CYA is needed to stay employed there.

Now, there is the question whether one should want to stay in such a place, but it seems to be a common folk wisdom that many places are like that and there is no escape.

Like it or not, once a company has more than one manager they are competing for headcount and budget. They can't just leave to another job. cya is the nature of the job.

No, an employee might be very skilled but is difficult to work with. Imagine someone who has a habit of threatening coworkers, stalking an ex, bringing weapons to work, etc. That's not something that comes out in an interview. If the person is fired there is the expectation that these kind of behavior problems would have been found out and fixed in four years of college. It's the same with skills. Someone should have found out in four years.

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