It's what I heard from my internal recruiter (who had little reason to mislead on that). Through a back channel, I heard something that sounded like a euphemis

It's what I heard from my internal recruiter (who had little reason to mislead on that). Through a back channel, I heard something that sounded like a euphemism for "too old" or "too family oriented". I take that with a grain of salt, though. Most likely just the operation of pure chance.