Somewhere along the way, UI UX design skills became a product to sell rather than abilities to develop.

Think about it: every week there’s a new “essential” skill you’re missing. A new tool that’s “revolutionizing” the industry. A new methodology you “must” understand to stay relevant.

There is an exceptional lack of knowledge regarding what good design entails within the design profession and the wider tech community.

If you're interviewing candidates then ask them to outline the possible sequence of steps in a workflow for an application (could be anything), then pick a path and repeat.