The problem with that analysis is that the simple skill checklists used by HR workers who don’t even understand what the terms mean are woefully bad at assessing people’s job fitness. If you have ABC but not XYZ it doesn’t matter if you invented ABC, those glorified hall monitors won’t let you interview. But they will if you just lie on the form, knowing you can convince the actual manager that you know ABC inside out and can learn XYZ in five minutes.
The problem with that analysis is that the simple skill checklists used by HR workers who don’t even understand what the terms mean are woefully bad at assessing people’s job fitness. If you have ABC but not XYZ it doesn’t matter if you invented ABC, those glorified hall monitors won’t let you interview. But they will if you just lie on the form, knowing you can convince the actual manager that you know ABC inside out and can learn XYZ in five minutes.