Thankfully some states in the US have made this illegal, like Colorado.

"expert knowledge in NT, FreeBSD, Cisco IOS, Java, C#, Active Directory, Windows Server, Fortinet". Uh huh. Just be an expert at everything, I see.

Then you do the interview and they want like 2 of those things and less experience is fine. 🙄

Recruiting is the great leveller. Those who don’t have any skills can at least make it harder for companies to hire people who do have skills.

Probably right, and they don’t need the word minimum at all

I would have assumed that the minimum could change based on the candidates. So if they get a bunch of 10+ year candidates, any 5 year candidates would just be skipped.

Your first interpretation wasn't the case in this specific ad, because the "minimum 5-10 year experience" was on the list of "essential experience and skills" and there was a separate list of "desirables".

Your second explanation just supports my original infuriation - just state the range that you're interested in, without calling it a minimum.

Actually, I got that job, I'm still working for the company, but to your last point, I have to say it's hilarious how bad our communications dept is at communicating to the rest of the company.

Most neurotypical people don't need everything to be ridigly perfect in definitions. We understand what they meant. I think the objection to this comes from the more autistic type folks. Which isn't to say they are wrong for being different.

And offer them that sweet fresh-out-of-college salary

The thing is that despite my original post I actually agree with you and quietly hate myself for being mildly infuriated by this.

I recommend you read my reply to another poster who is mildly infuriated by incorrect grammar.

This is just non-math language describing a standard deviation.

You need an average of between 6 years.

Or just give the range.