[ziddoap]

Well... yeah. If the skills are relevant to the job, this conversation wouldn't be happening. It's when the combination of the problem being both irrelevant to the job, and designed in a way to favor the fresh generalists out of school that we (potentially) see discrimination against age.

And deliberate or not, discrimination is discrimination. It might be more palatable if it isn't deliberate, but it doesn't change anything for the interviewee - and is still a problem that should probably be addressed.