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Not really a similar story, but the OP brought it to mind.
I once applied for a position as a software developer. It said "Java and RPG."
I hadn't done any Java in about 4.5 years at the time. And I'd never so much as touched RPG.
When they asked if I'd done any Java programming, I responded that it had been a few years, but I'd be "brushing up" on it. I wasn't completely new to it.
But I said since I'd never touched RPG, I had been studying that in preparation for the interview.
And the interviewer looked at me funny and said "why?"
I explained that it was in the job description for the position I'd applied to. And he basically facepalmed, exasperated at whichever department was responsible for the job listings.
I've worked there for almost 8 years now and haven't done so much as a single line of RPG.
Then there was the time I applied to a job listing for a Python developer. I showed up and they asked if I had any C# experience. I told them I'd never touched C#, but am a quick study. They said they were migrating away from Python to C#. Said it as if I shouldn't have applied if I didn't have C# experience. But I don't know by what logic they expected me to have been able to intuit that given that the job listing said nothing about C#. Just Python.
Basically, I've never applied to a job that didn't have glaring inaccuracies in the listing.
And this is why you never say no to a job posting just because you think you're not qualified. Apply anyway. You might be exactly what they're looking for and be an otherwise great fit.
Every job I've had except for my first retail job I have not met the posted requirements, but I've been able to either learn on the job or proved in the interview process that I know the subject matter despite not having the degree.
Um.. No. If the company doesn't value my time by posting a correct job listing, I don't want to work for them. These are the same HR people posting the jobs who will then have trouble maintaining a good work environment, or making sure people aren't abused/harassed in the workplace. These people will have access to your data and you'll be trusting them to not make paper airplanes out of your SSN. And if it's not HR creating the job postings, it's some low/mid-level manager you might have to work for some day. Do you really want Mr "better make sure the new waiter knows how to install HVACs" handling your workload and giving you tasks?
When a company tells you its HR department is full of idiots I think you wanna listen to them.
I've never seen a posting that far off. I mean if you're applying for waiter jobs and they list a bunch of HVAC qualifications, that sounds more like a mistake where they gave the wrong position title or selected the wrong job description. Which would be an honest mistake. These HR people are human just like you and I. Mistakes will happen.