True. 9/10 of the interviewers I have met only focus on exact experience by matching keywords, and they won't be able to identify superior candidates with slightly different experience. The reason is simply time and effort.
The upside of this is that being able to position yourself in a hot niche will get you tons of interviews without even applying. The downside is that careers become extremely path dependent, which is a bit scary.
Hell, a lot of the times I don't even have keywords anywhere on my resume or profiles, and yet I get interviewed and then asked about said missing keywords. It's bizarre.
The upside of this is that being able to position yourself in a hot niche will get you tons of interviews without even applying. The downside is that careers become extremely path dependent, which is a bit scary.