Right, so experience then.......
Consider
Pilot A has started life with a CPL and an Instrument rating. Then went off into the world as an instructor / scenic / VFR Day SE charter pilot. All of a sudden, gets the chance to jump into the the command seat of a Caravan or the right seat of a Twotter doing VFR ops. Gets a thousand hours (maybe even a Twotter command) and tries for a job flying a B350 IFR charter (LHS or RHS, lets face it, he probably knows how to use a PT6 by now).
Pilot B started life with a CPL and an Instrument rating. Then went off into the world as an instructor / scenic / VFR Day SE charter pilot. All of a sudden his company upgrades him into a B58 or C310. Gets a thousand hours of flying SP C310 IFR charter (might even have got upgraded to a C404 or C421) and then tries for a job flying in a B350 IFR charter.
So, if your the guy considering the two applicants for the job, what would you choose.