Outsourcing

In the current state of the economy, outsourcing become more popular every day.
Recruiting new workers is tough . Recruiting new workers from outsourcing is even tougher.

I'm doing a grouse generalization here and I apologize for it in advance for this observation:
Outsourcing workers can be divided to two groups:
The first group is extremely talented and experienced men who understands they can do a lot more money as outsourced-consultants than as regular workers.
The second group is of the "refugees" - the less talented/experienced men which could not find a regular job as company employee and turned to outsourcing companies as a last resort

The outsourcing H.R. will always tell you their workers are excellent for the job. So how can you distinguish between the extremely talented and the less-than-averages ones?
One way is to have a good technical interview, but as you usually outsource the field in which your group do not have the technology expertise , it will be hard for you to really estimate the interview results.
A second way is quite simple. The expert will demand a salary which is usually more than twice the salary of a regular employee whereas the refugee will usually ask for a salary similar or even less than a regular employee. So if the man you are interviewing wants a lot of money , there is a good chance he is the real deal. If he is cheap , there is a good chance he is not worth a penny.

I'm not saying anyone who demands lots of money is immediately good and that anyone who demands less is immediately bad , but pay attention to that...