[Nextgrid]

How would this comply with the law if an external candidate would have no chance to pass anyway (due to work experience required with an internal tool not available to the public)?

Wouldn't posting a job that an external candidate has no chance of obtaining still violate the intent of that law?

[ponker]

There can be external candidates with that qualification. In general the standard is “Bona Fide occupational qualification” which means that you have a legitimate reason for the requirement. For a college hire this would likely not suffice ... you can teach a college hire what they need to know. For the engineering director running the project it very well might be.

[yodsanklai]

Incidentally, a bunch of people outside Microsoft had access to these tools (e.g. academics).

[slaymaker1907]

The job posting lists it as something preferred but not a hard requirement.

[aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA]

Don’t forget former employees.