T’was ever so. When I joined, the initial interview at CTC was with two ex-cabin crew ladies, asking experience-based piloty type questions - with a grand total of 0 hours flying experience between them.
Then again, one of them had visited Dubai once, so that made it okay.
That said, one would imagine that an inflated ego wrt to ones abilities, along with an Honours Degree (or, better yet, a Doctorate) in HeadWobbling must be a pre-requiste?
Plus an allocated parking space outside FZHQ . . .