The intent is to neg you. That's why no matter how much impressive stuff there is on your resume at the end they'll say "oh but you're not a rocket scientist,

The intent is to neg you. That's why no matter how much impressive stuff there is on your resume at the end they'll say "oh but you're not a rocket scientist, whoops, yeah our advertised wage required rocket scientists." Neg you and get you to take in the neg. In addition, one obstacle I've encountered is they want people that are pliable and easy to browbeat. That means they can be robbed with wage theft. I've heard the term "good little bitch."