Honestly, I'm greatly annoyed by recruiters. They don't know a single thing about programming and operate solely on keywords. My personal approach now is to jus

Honestly, I'm greatly annoyed by recruiters. They don't know a single thing about programming and operate solely on keywords. My personal approach now is to just tell them "I have this much experience, I have lots of open-source code which proves my experience, get me an interview with the actual team if they like my resume". Because in 99% of cases it's not even worth the time for a call with a recruiter. Btw, in your particular example, I think it's fair to tell them "yes, I have the exact qualifications you're looking for", because they won't be able to check anyway. And certainly not whether you had 4 or 5 years of experience with a particular thing.