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I think it depends, I have been coding for about 15 years, shipped a lot of Java applications, a lot of Rails, shipped a react system so some Javascript, and done some Python scripting. I applied for a job that said it was heavy OO Python, I said I had some some scripting but hadn't done much large scale Python. I didn't quite complete the coding task as I didn't realize they wanted Python 3 and I was having a few weird problems as I was used to Python 2. If they needed somebody fluent in Python/Django/Flask from day 1 and didn't have room for me to learn then I wasn't the right candidate. If they did and wanted my other experience in the domain area then this was a pointless box check test that I clearly communicated I may not do well on. Funny enough that position is still open a year later and I am doing the same job at a different company in Python/Django. I said in the interview I would need time to learn and they said it wasn't a problem.