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Really? That sounds a little paranoid. I always just tell the truth on the interview and application. "You asked for 5+ years experience, but I only have 6 mont
by tchaffee 9y ago
Really? That sounds a little paranoid. I always just tell the truth on the interview and application. "You asked for 5+ years experience, but I only have 6 months. I'm willing to learn if you are willing to train me".
- ouid 9y agoHow is that paranoid? You think there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for asking for more experience with a technology than is physically possible?
- borisj 9y agoYes, incompetence. I bet that such a defense would have trouble in court considering that your resume and interview would ideally cover the true amount of years of experience.
- striking 9y ago"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"
- ouid 9y ago"never say never"
- striking 9y agoBieber's Razor?
- crypticlizard 9y agoIt's not malice, it's business and legal acumen.
- tchaffee 9y agoIf that's what the legal department recommended to me as a business owner to add in protections for being able to fire employees, I would fire the legal department. How many applicants will be inspired to lie because of my absurd requirement on the job spec? Of those applicants, how many will I hire? Do I only hire applicants who have lied in order to be protected so I can later fire them? I wouldn't hire someone who lied on their application in the first place! I've never had a legal department recommend something so silly as this, and I challenge you to find one that does. If you want certain protections for the company in an employment agreement, you put them in a contract.
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- khedoros1 9y agoThey're either looking for a purple squirrel (like trying to hire the original developer of the technology), trying to move someone internally into a position that requires them to also seek outside candidates (by making the requirements impossible to fulfill), or dev told HR they needed someone with "X" experience for a senior role, and HR translated that to "10 years experience with X" (X having been out for 2 years). There are three of the standard answers that come up any time this topic does.
- ouid 9y agoI would say the next step here is to look at who actually gets hired, but I have no way of accessing that.
- jldugger 9y agoIf we're going for impossible, then it sounds more like the old H1-B 'we couldn't find any qualified applicants' trick.