> a single digit percentage of these jobs actually sound like there might be people who can interview for those if one had to check all tick marks on the skills

> a single digit percentage of these jobs actually sound like there might be people who can interview for those if one had to check all tick marks on the skills and experience requirements faithfully This has been my experience as well. It seems every job is for a Senior with 5 years of experience in 10 specific technologies. What happened to the days of on-the-job training? Or was that ever a thing in the IT realm?