There are a lot of really good answers at this link, but they all seem to be lengthy versions of "You can't, but..." With a little bit of knowledge about how H

There are a lot of really good answers at this link, but they all seem to be lengthy versions of "You can't, but..." With a little bit of knowledge about how HR departments work, it seems clear that years-of-experience is currently a "hard" filter. Though, there is one consideration I didn't see mentioned. I applied for a position "above my head" straight out of college, and the hiring manager had HR change the position to entry level to match my experience. So, while you cannot compensate for lacking experience, you can still apply for positions near your level. You should expect to be filtered out, but you'll be reconsidered if there are not enough applicants which meet the initial search criteria.