TL;DR: A recruiting conversation insisting that each party 'get bent' with utmost professionalism. Edit: apparently the student did follow up here about the s

TL;DR: A recruiting conversation insisting that each party 'get bent' with utmost professionalism. Edit: apparently the student did follow up here about the same time I posted this; props for doing so. This entire discussion serves as a reminder that getting a resume past HR (and most recruiters) is 100% about ticking exactly the right boxes, and only serves as the most rudimentary of filters.