[lokhura]

When you don't have connections, lying is the best advice to get the good jobs. I just lie about anything I know I can learn on the job. No experience with Vue but know React? No problem, I'm a Vue expert. No experience with with C# but know Java? No problem, I know C# by heart.

Once I get pass HR and get to talk to an actual engineer I can reevaluate my lies and drive the interview into the areas I'm actually experienced with.

Also, interviewing is a game. Even if I'm not looking for a new job I just do it to practice and for fun. It feels pretty good to reject an offer and know your worth.

[em-bee]

i didn't exactly lie when i claimed that the few hacks i did in php some years ago meant that i could work on a php project. i got hired, and found that most on my team were junior devs whose code i ended up improving multiple times, despite me never having worked with laravel before (which turned out to be very nice to work with).

my next side project will be something using react, so i can add that to my CV.

then i can say i have more than a decade of experience in web development, and i am familiar with react.

of course, if they specifically want someone who has 3 years of react experience, then i am out. best i can claim is that i have worked on similar projects before and try to convince them that that experience is transferable.