“Outside of the USPS, most federal jobs require a college degree. The work performed is comparable to private sector work of the same type.”
O - BS
The fact is, half of every graduating class - graduates at the bottom and that is where government gets its staff.
Private industry does not interview college students at the bottom - they being at the bottom get into government and give themselves power over those that actually worked through school and achieved something.
You are, as usual, totally deranged. Most federal employees (outside of USPS) arrive on the job after a decade or more in the private sector. They are usually seeking promotions, or a bit more stability.
Private employers are not recruiting anyone this year.
As far as interviewing folks at the “top” or the “bottom” of a class, they tend to interview whoever they can get who has completed a course of study in the field they need an employee.