Not true
If you consider these compartmentalized areas, then you are the exact example of the person he does not want!
He wants people who are grounded in theory, by with enough experience to think for themselves. I would have failed the OO portion, but then again, I'm probably not the type of programmer he is looking for. But I may have shown enough thought process to be acceptable, whether or not I had enough OO theory.
Tree people need to be babysat. He does not want them.
Bottom line: He knows want he wants and he know how bad people CAN be, and is trying to avoid them.
