It's not the exclusive criteria, just a part of the process that I've generally found to be associated with people who excel. We are still going to have them interview with some type of subject matter expert related to the position but all jobs are not created equal.

Positions for things like security, as another commenter mentioned, are very much experience driven. Java is another simply because it has a very high learning curve to become really adept with it. It's doable, but I'd extend the expected ramp up time to longer than 2 weeks.

There's nuance to everything. I didn't mean it to come across as if that was the only factor in hiring.