Discrimination?

[GrumpyCowToday]

Do you think this is discrimination?

The job is for a managerial position in a care home.

Candidate A
30 years old with 2 children
7 years relevant experience
HE Certificate in Dementia
Registered nurse (with a degree)
First Aid certified

Candidate B
55 years old with grown up children
10 years relevant experience
no other qualifications (literally none!)

Candidate B got the position.

Interviewed lots of people over the years. Candidates often look good on paper but fail miserably at interview. They have to select the best person for the job and it would be discrimination just to pick someone because they already worked there.

Its a managerial job, so being a nurse or knowing first aid is irrelevant. The successful candidate has more experience. Cant see any obvious discrimination.

You would need to see the interviews to know more.

A fair few colleagues and I told A she'd get the job easily - especially during the pandemic (who wants start a new job where there's Covid-19?) so we were a bit shocked that she didn't.

Candidate A may have been over confident then if she thought she was a shoe in. I interviewed candidates on several occasions and some were very over confident and it showed as their answers had low scores due to their lack of effort. They were shocked when not shortlisted for second interview and it was a shame as
, on paper, they read great.

promoting from within is always easier
I have to disagree with that. If you promote from within, you are left with another vacancy to fill.
This means more cost and time taken.i dont know the industry, but perhaps there isn't a huge pool of potential candidates wanting the job.
So by promoting from within, you then have to start all over again to recruit for the vacancy that has been created by the promotion.

There's very little info to go on but A is kind of coming over as very arrogant. Maybe that's why she didn't get the post.