Back in the day, so was doing an undergraduate degree. If you wanted a job in industry, that's what you did. University was for academic pursuits.
> "It's reasonable to assume that a PhD has lowered themselves to work in industry because they couldn't get a post-doc. Whether that's true or not it starts out the interview on a bad footing."
It's not reasonable to assume that at all. Last time I checked, the majority of PhDs leave academia after their degree (they don't want a post-doc - so don't even try). I do understand why non-PhDs in industry may harbour false impressions about the degree and why that can set things off on a bad footing.
> "What if a guy walked into your company and said 'I couldn't get a job at Google so I thought I'd try you schmucks'?"
This is completely independent of whether or not someone has a PhD. Undergrads can do this too.
Of course it is reasonable, or not unreasonable if you prefer. As in, a normal person would not be thought outlandish for thinking it, and particularly, it is actually perfectly normal for interviewers to think so.
Back in the day, so was doing an undergraduate degree. If you wanted a job in industry, that's what you did. University was for academic pursuits.
> "It's reasonable to assume that a PhD has lowered themselves to work in industry because they couldn't get a post-doc. Whether that's true or not it starts out the interview on a bad footing."
It's not reasonable to assume that at all. Last time I checked, the majority of PhDs leave academia after their degree (they don't want a post-doc - so don't even try). I do understand why non-PhDs in industry may harbour false impressions about the degree and why that can set things off on a bad footing.
> "What if a guy walked into your company and said 'I couldn't get a job at Google so I thought I'd try you schmucks'?"
This is completely independent of whether or not someone has a PhD. Undergrads can do this too.