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Hey whatever gets you the job. It's not like corporations are honest. Screw em.
Not only are they not honest, they also put down crazy requirements and if you don't meet them your resume goes straight into the trash. No reason NOT to up you chances of an interview. I would probably say don't straight-up lie, but it's easy to bend the truth and inflate your worth. So do that, all the time.
I've seen the crazy HR shit from behind the scenes. And it makes sense given what they know and have to work with.
Take my last job for an example. If HR had asked me what sorts of skills I employed, it would be an insane list.
But here's the thing; I wasn't a master of any of those things. I wasn't a pro AD admin, SQL admin, web dev, PS coder, bla, bla, bla.
A lot of what you're answering on a job post or interview is, "Do you have a clue?"
We don't have any sort of central computer admin, no Active Directory kinda identity provider. Google works well enough as an IdP, but I'd never used it that way.
In my interview they asked about Linux central admin and AD. I just said, "Never done it, but I've read a bit and it seems doable. Here's an example of a thing I've heard of, but I've never dug into it."
"OK. That's all I was looking for."
And now I make $80K sitting on my ass at home all day.