I agree. I sometimes think they actually do not read resumes that carefully.

Having said that, particular experience is typically recommended and preferred but not required. It’s not always set in stone and they might want to consider people with no experience but with some other great credentials or ideas that might come across during the interview.

Could be that Hope interviewed really great and so did person X. But final decision was made just because X has more experience

Job search is so hard and stressful. Wish there was an easier way about it. Ugh