Totally agree Jim.
I have worked for two companies in 15 years and both my interviews were by Chief Pilots/Fleet Managers.
The assessment as to my suitability (and many other pilots suitability) was achieved with a 40 minute interview and nothing else. I could tell by looking around me (and subsequently as a Training Captain) that those senior managers chose well with very few mistakes.
Life is strange. A couple of unsuccessful applications I have made to other airlines in that time (involving lots of assessment stages) has included being interviewed by ex cabin crew and fairly junior first officers.
I wonder who got it right.