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I once applied for a job where one of the requirements was "minimum 5 to 10 years experience in X". My friend told me to submit a CV saying I have 3 to 6 years experience in X and see if they shortlist me.

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[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Because there are uncertainties regarding the minima and maxima? It's pretty obvious.

[-] owen@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago

This comment is very dumb and frankly quite rude. The company is defining the requirements for the application themselves - so they have no reason to reflect scientific uncertainty or whatever you're getting at in their ad.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

If a candidate is smart, I'm willing to accept less experience. If a candidate is less smart, I want them to have more experience. There is uncertainty in the minimum experience I'm willing to accept.

While there are certainly cases where this annoys me (as another poster pointed out "up to 60% or more!"), this is not one of them as it could have an explanation.

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 6 points 7 months ago

The standard way to express that is to have the minimum reqs be 5 and the preferred reqs be 10.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

I've seen it enough both ways to disagree with one being the standard.

[-] owen@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

For the scenerio you described, the minimum posted experience should be the bottom of the range. The top of the range could be used internally.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So you accept that there can be a minimum range, but they should just hide it.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Then provide the fucking standard error.

[-] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago

They are. It's right there in the range 5-10.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

No they aren’t, they’re obfuscating a bullshit arbitrary value and you’re buying it, as if it’s a goddamn statistic. That’s the point.

[-] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

I'm sorry you're struggling so much with the English language. No need to get angry with me about it.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I mean, you’re the one who doesn’t accept minimum as having a defined, discrete value.

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