Try interviewing, every 2 or 3 years the interviewing crowd has been influenced by their day's generational thinking (not a bad thing just something to be aware of); I for one always welcomed people who have passed through amazing experiences. Apparently from recent interviewing I was/am in the minority. Oh, I meant the gauntlet of experience, learning under fire; I'm not a college graduate.
I got the impression form the article that they were referring to passing through a technological gauntlet during the interview process (ie. complicated programming puzzles) rather than life experience. Is that also what you are referring to?
Perhaps I need to use hair coloring.