The lack of raw piloting skills commented on here is appalling. If you can't hand fly the a/c while undergoing altitude, heading, airspeed and configuration changes IMO you shouldn't be collecting the paycheck.
Stablized straight-in's and the a/p finally comes off? Funny, my father used to give people on their first flights ever ILS's with and without a hood. Used that to demonstrate their need to observe what their control inputs did to the a/c. Zero time pilots.
Unfortunately the accident records are littered with the lack of demonstrated ability.