Is this a myth or reality? --> “You don’t need to meet 100% of the job requirements to apply.”

We’ve all heard this—but in practice, how forgiving are most teams if someone only hits 60–70%? Would love to hear how you think about this in real-world hiring and how it has impacted your actual work life

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Interesting! I’ve also seen this in many job postings, and in my experience some of those requirements are really just nice-to-haves. Hiring managers usually have a specific problem they need to solve, and it can be hard to understand what that is from a public job posting.

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