I suspect it's because HR doesn't know the difference. It is easier to learn C++ if you know C, but it's a good point, they're not the same languages, and have

I suspect it's because HR doesn't know the difference. It is easier to learn C++ if you know C, but it's a good point, they're not the same languages, and have diverged greatly over the years. I would understand that back in the days of C++98, but C++11 and newer are really very different languages. Proficiency in the earlier language specs doesn't guarantee any such in the newer specs -- as I learned when I came back to dev work in C++ and had to update my skills quite a bit working in C++11 (I learned C++98 long ago and had worked exclusively in that for quite a while).