# Five Years of Experience. The Role Required Six.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Candidate · via r/recruitinghell

A candidate's rejection email named the single requirement they had missed: tenure. The company wanted six years of experience. They had five. No note on skills, on fit, or on how the interviews had gone — just the one-year gap standing between them and the role.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · 1.7k upvotes](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1wido68/insane_start_to_a_rejection_email/)*
[← Back to stories](https://www.goodbyeinterview.com/stories.md)
[Corrections](https://www.goodbyeinterview.com/corrections.md)