Why advertise “no experience in X technology required” but not mean it?

Question

I've seen phrases like 'A passion for learning and an interest in Go (previous experience isn&rsquo;t required), along with a &ldquo;right tool for the job&rdquo; mentality' only to then be rejected for lack of Go experience. The whole experience is a complete waste of everyone's time. It's pretty ludicrous.I've now made it a rule to completely ignore this phrase and assume they require the technology, but why do companies do it, and has anyone ever got a job without the experience in the technology they want?

DocTomoe · Accepted Answer

Reverse psychology.It's the antidote to people not applying for positions whose job-ad is written by HR and stuffed with unreasonably large lists of "essential technologies". "Hey, this job sounds reasonable, and even if they do not expect me to know GLURAK, I am actually quite proficient in it with 5 years of experience, I will ace this."

bryanrasmussen · Answer

you know the old interview question - tell us why we should hire you if someone else has all your qualifications but also has X which is better than you?
Well the answer of course for anyone would be you shouldn't, you should hire the better one.
So if you don't have Go experience and someone applies who does, you're gone.
But if no one with Go experience applies maybe you got a shot.