To correct your baseless claims, I absolutely have, on many occasions over many years and in many different parts of the world.
I’ve also applied my employer’s positive discrimination policies wrt hiring veterans, almost always not the highest qualified candidate and frequently with little or no directly applicable experience, but often working out as very good hires.
I’ve also seen a number of cases in which very highly qualified candidates turned out to be hopeless at the job.
I have a feeling you yourself have little if any experience of hiring professional staff.