[starkd]

> have interviewed people at your level and seen radically different levels of understanding of even some of the most basic concepts. It's made me quite angry at the institutions on the candidate's behalf that they have graduated with so many basic gaps.

Not sure if the anger is to be directed at the institutions in this case or not. Clearly, a lot of schools are deficient. But it's rare that a person can recite back what they learned the same way they heard it all on the spur of the moment. It could be the material was covered, but in a different order than you recieved it, so their education looks more scattershot. Just a possible explanation.