> Everyone should know that the requirements in job listings are almost always guidelines In my experience job requirements are used to weed out and reject tho

> Everyone should know that the requirements in job listings are almost always guidelines In my experience job requirements are used to weed out and reject those that the hiring people don't like for reasons other than ability. This ranges from excluding women, being only inclusive of women, only hiring a certain races or religions, or justifying the use of work visas. I've even seen it used to justify not hiring someone because of their accent.