Honestly it’s probably a scam job to farm out to India. Most countries have laws that say you have to hire locally first, but the obvious loophole is just have the job requirements not apply to anyone anywhere and then say ‘since there’s no one domestic who can apply we’ll send for foreigners’ and then give a much lower job requirement to a foreigner for much less pay.
There's also posting absurd requirements for the sole purpose of not getting swamped with applications.
Which while understandable, I find potentially damaging, as someone who could be a perfect fit might not even apply because they don't meet those standards.
Now obviously don't go applying for jobs that aren't in your field, they're not going to hire a line cook if they need a welder, but you have three years when they ask for five? Go ahead, the worst thing that can happen is they don't call you for an interview.
Most of the time “years of experience” is not a hard rule; it’s a negotiation. Now, if anyone there actually knows their stuff and you show up and say you have 4+ years on a 1.5 year old technology, they’ll know you’re lying. If you say you have 4+ years of EQUIVALENT experience though- that’s often good enough if the rest of your credentials are in order.
skybirds15 mentions one exception- when they are trying to job farm but are bound by law or other stipulation to try domestic or internal first. Another one is to negotiate salary. If I’m offering a job and I say you need 4 years of experience when really- you only need an understanding and a basic proficiency- when a good candidate applies but “only” has 1.5 or less- I can say: “you don’t meet the requirements BUT I liked your interview. We can offer you the job, but without the experience we can only justify paying you <less than industry average or posted salary>..”
Psychologically, we respond to that often. We aren’t being cheated- we are “lucky” “wow. They offered me the job even though I don’t have the chops, and all these other jobs have crazy requirements, I better take this one since there’s no guarantee I’ll get another offer.” You also tend to step in line, work harder at “proving yourself” and ask for less when you believe that you’re “under qualified.”
And lastly- it’s a very convenient loop hole. Or can be. Anyone who applies, for whatever reason, the person doing the hiring can dismiss them legitimately. Say you interview a woman and don’t hire her despite her being qualified. Say she sees your. If she or someone else asks You CAN refuse to hire and give a reason like “she didn’t seem a good fit for the team..” “she interviewed poorly...” but these things are very debatable and could open you up to claims of discrimination. Not meeting artificially high qualifications, that passed an initial sniff test. Rejected applicants generally leave upset about the BS of employers qualifications, not ruminating on what factors went in to your decision. If things escalate, you’re much more covered.
Which while understandable, I find potentially damaging, as someone who could be a perfect fit might not even apply because they don't meet those standards.
Now obviously don't go applying for jobs that aren't in your field, they're not going to hire a line cook if they need a welder, but you have three years when they ask for five? Go ahead, the worst thing that can happen is they don't call you for an interview.