What an interviewer should prefer in an employee Experience or academics

Academics ??? hmmm one can be great at academics but when he is goes through practicals he might not be that good.

What I feel is academics should not be the first preference. Experience matters...

Komal Maheshwari, I agree to you that Communication skills should be prefered....Experience with good communication skills

time,conditions,problems, preventing way,etc always change...so we have to update for everything by getting update knowledge (ACADEMIC) and EXPERIENCE too

actually both is necessary but in my view:-
"communication skills should be prefer"

In my opinion basic eligibilty is just to make an entry for the required post  as mr ahmed said but experiance is really something which shows the actual caliber of the candidate which is most important....

Experience & Skills is the preferrable one for the interviewver

The bottom line is to hire an employee who has high potential of successfully doing the job. A good blend of basic academic credentials and work experience may be required to realize that expected potential. The fine tuning of those guidelines is the job of the recruiter.

Nice question Mr. Nagpal....i really think the interviewer should prefer experience than academics, as i have seen most of the people with different education background doing different jobs and they are all really good at that, and they have adapted so quickly that they have changed their field altogether, so experience is what one should prefer than Academics.

According to me they should prefer his experience, academics just shows you how the person is intelligent in his education by giving him grades or percetage, but what really matters is the experience that he has in the field the practical work experience is more important than just theory.