Must have 8 years experience in something that has only existed for 3.

It's because HR posts the jobs. Apply anyways and if they are a company you want to work for, HR will forward any applications to IT for them to decide.

Source: am a linux/cloud sysadmin in enterprise tech and am on the hiring panel for our dept as well as adjacent technical departments.

When we need someone new, we give the requirements to HR, they pass it on to the head office, someone fucks it up, it takes us awhile to notice something like this and have them fix it - if we do.

HR then forwards any applications that look promising - we have made it abundantly clear that they are only to weed out apps that are clearly not worth our time. Like not having a cover letter or having a trash resume. We pick the applicants we want to interview, HR calls them to set it up for us and do things like make sure they're legally allowed to work in the country.

How shit like OP's post happens is someone will tell HR, "We'd like 8 years of professional dev experience, swift would be nice."

HR's notes: 8 years swift

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