An alternate theory I've heard for that is: HR has no clue how to specify the level of experience they're looking for in a programmer, so they guesstimate a number of years based on whether they want beginner, intermediate, or expert.
Yeah, that's what I've thought too - in my (plenty of) interview experiences, I have to specifically ask if the job listing was written by HR or by the hiring manager, if I'm interviewing with HR or a hiring manager, and so on. Basically - HR useless and retarded; hiring manager typically knows what they're looking for and wanting.
Of course, that's not to detract from big boy multinationals trying to abuse lax labor regs for slave laborers
An alternate theory I've heard for that is: HR has no clue how to specify the level of experience they're looking for in a programmer, so they guesstimate a number of years based on whether they want beginner, intermediate, or expert.
Yeah, that's what I've thought too - in my (plenty of) interview experiences, I have to specifically ask if the job listing was written by HR or by the hiring manager, if I'm interviewing with HR or a hiring manager, and so on. Basically - HR useless and retarded; hiring manager typically knows what they're looking for and wanting.
Of course, that's not to detract from big boy multinationals trying to abuse lax labor regs for slave laborers