Why Companies Require Experience for Entry-Level Roles and What To Do About It

Erik Andersen
4 min readFeb 25, 2023
Photo by Alex Beattie on Unsplash

Why do companies ask for several years of experience for entry-level roles?

Because they can!

They do this despite knowing years-of-experience does not equal skill-level and that they are more than likely filtering out great candidates 😞

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Erik Andersen

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience. Also an independent coach, teacher, and public speaker. My opinions are my own