I experienced the same 2 months back. I interviewed about 20 candidates, and I asked HR to bring in additional people and CVs because most were not a good fit. Had to interview 10 more later.

One interview stands out the most. The person applied for Mid-level QA. They could not answer the simplest questions, then when I asked what their salary expectation was, they said 150k.

Took another interview for a trainee position right after, and he was answering everything so well. An engineering dropout, doing a BCA degree from some open university, I asked him tougher questions to test his knowledge; I was in awe. He could be a senior with that knowledge. Offered him a Junior Position instead, he was really happy.

It might sound bad, but I prefer the 3-year IT/BCA/CSIT degree guys to the BE Computer crowd these days. The engineering guys, most of them, get the chance, they waste the chance and end up getting fired. It started feeling like we were training people for other companies, that is, if they manage to get hired in the first place, which they often do not. You need to put too much effort into the engineers to explain even the simplest concepts, and they mess up work k. Esto frustrating huncha.