The way we filter candidates into any stream be it college or companies need to change. People are inherently pressurized by capitalistic mindsets and competition that makes them to not question things but just follow the herd mindset of setting up papers and interviews mechanically. We always are chasing the next than solving the now.
Some related thoughts I wrote a while ago on the state of Education https://medium.com/@thallukrish/why-the-why-matters-d7b8170b...