How important is it to meet all the requirements for a job posting?
I have seen plenty of job postings that have a long list of all the languages or platforms they want the applicant to know. C, C++, C# Python, SQL, Assembly, Node.js, Ruby, R, and so on... Does it really matter?
And if so, what kind of expertise do the interviewers/company realistically expect the applicant to have in each of the many languages they want?
Engineering Manager at @commercetools, with a strong technical experience and a primary focus on software engineering; I am an open-source enthusiast who mostly contributes to Go and PHP projects.Eng
It is important mostly for you than for the company, because the company runs a business and unless you are joining a new startup, you will be working with code that is already in place so it might make you unhappy in the long run or just impact your output as an employee.
But also taking your example, let's say you are super good with C, well then use C and make clear that even when you don't meet all the criteria for the position you are willing to learn and push yourself to catch up.
When I was looking for a job I did a list of the programming languages I was OK with, then I found companies working with that.
It is unrealistic to think you're going to use all of those at the same time, probably they know that at some point you will have to go and fix a bug in an old project written in R even when all the new stuff is in python, companies are quite reluctant to rewrite what they have because time is money and development time is quite expensive, the business side of things is something that you also need to understand because companies value that a lot.
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
How important is it to meet all the requirements for a job posting?
I have seen plenty of job postings that have a long list of all the languages or platforms they want the applicant to know. C, C++, C# Python, SQL, Assembly, Node.js, Ruby, R, and so on... Does it really matter?
And if so, what kind of expertise do the interviewers/company realistically expect the applicant to have in each of the many languages they want?
It is important mostly for you than for the company, because the company runs a business and unless you are joining a new startup, you will be working with code that is already in place so it might make you unhappy in the long run or just impact your output as an employee.
But also taking your example, let's say you are super good with C, well then use C and make clear that even when you don't meet all the criteria for the position you are willing to learn and push yourself to catch up.
When I was looking for a job I did a list of the programming languages I was OK with, then I found companies working with that.
It is unrealistic to think you're going to use all of those at the same time, probably they know that at some point you will have to go and fix a bug in an old project written in R even when all the new stuff is in python, companies are quite reluctant to rewrite what they have because time is money and development time is quite expensive, the business side of things is something that you also need to understand because companies value that a lot.