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by zhte415 3562 days ago
Not being snide, being serious:

Job descriptions on advertisements (i.e. not the internal description, which is probably confidential as it depends on internal goals which are not published or yet met) are likely very generic copy-paste for something close to the mark, or an aspiration this is the company we are (but aren't... yet).

Especially in finance, where publishing anything has the chance to rock the boat in a highly regulated industry with a conservative culture cascaded down.

The apps headhunters use in this industry simply match keywords and regularly occurring phrases between CVs and JDs, and are highly ineffective. If you're looking to target 'fit' it might be a good to look at culture in specific institutions crossed with role type (i.e. Ops, Dev, Coverage, etc). That might yield something interesting. Good luck!