The real focus at the time of the hiring of an artist is on their portfolio. Though a good show reel done well does earn you extra points its only essential if you are applying as a rigger or animator. For other art positions such as concept artist, texture artist, modeler, lighting artist or post-production artist without an impressive portfolio of still images chances of passing an interview are incredibly slim.
When hiring an artist most companies are not interested in how well you know the software (again unless you are applying for a specialist job such as Max Scripter, Photoshop touch-up artist etc). What we are looking for is both the quantity and quality of art produced by the candidate.
A good art candidate has at least a dozen or so impressive almost complete images and models and a few dozen well started and developed work-in-progress type of ideas. Exceptional candidates have several folder full of art and often carry in several drawing pads of sketches.
You will be surprised at how much things such as versatility of art styles, good perspective sense, ability to adhere to art genres, good sense of proportion (specifically human proportion), color aesthetic and other such basic art skills matter during the selection process.
Most companies mine included are only looking for solid experience if we look at a CV for an artist (degrees or diplomas or the lack of thereof hardly matters).
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