Based on the story it's also entirely possible that the HR person just disliked ...

yellowstuff on June 30, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Note that I wouldn’t pass the listed minimum requi...

Based on the story it's also entirely possible that the HR person just disliked the guy for some unrelated reason, or had someone else in mind for the role, and came up a plausible excuse for the rejection.