Ah OK, I see what you're getting at.
Pilapt, A laid back chat (Monarch style) and a good sim with lots of raw data, manual holds, a few failures (Air NZ style) would demonstrate far more in my opinion.
You're probably right and "back in the day" BA's DEP selection was a bit more along those lines ( though you still had to jump through the likes of a Maths test, regardless of your previous experience).. I certainly don't remember much evidence on the selectors looking at corporate man/woman side of things though I may have just missed it.