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Do companies even take this requirement seriously? I see "X years of experience in language Y" all the time in job listings, but I have _never_ been asked abou
by cmeacham98 4y ago
Do companies even take this requirement seriously?
I see "X years of experience in language Y" all the time in job listings, but I have _never_ been asked about it during an interview. My resume only lists a vague descriptor of language experience (Novice/Comfortable/Expert), so they aren't getting it from there.
Has anyone here on HN ever been in a situation where a company requested (for example) 7 years of $language and you only had 6 years and got rejected because of that?
- issa 4y agoThe "years of experience with a language" is a question for non-technical recruiters. They need some sort of proxy for skill, and length of time is the best one they have. I don't think any actual technical engineers would use this metric when deciding who to hire. It is solely to appease the resume gatekeepers.
- pjmlp 4y agoI have seen HR sheets were every single CV entry gets some kind of points and experience level, pages of it. Usually used by recruiters as gatekeeping before the CV lands on the desk of someone technical, most of the CVs that don't uphold the desired metrics don't make it.