In a nutshell, HR is useless. how can they judge people in the area they know nothing about. it's like an obstacle between a good professional and a manager who would love to hire him if it weren't for HR. they form personal opinion on people they won't be working with closely and probably will never see. not to mention that this opinion is based on some deluded perception of how people should answer stupid standard questions (i.e. where do you see yourself in 10 years...) WTF. plain stupid