I was contacted by a recruiter for a position related to macOS kernel programming.

While I had related experience in the past (years ago), I raised concerns about not having recent experience with this OS in particular. I also expressed that I am a generalist, not someone who has focused on this OS and knows all its internals. I've developed for the Win/Linux/macOS kernel sporadically, but never focused on any specific OS or on kernel development in general.

The recruiter told me that this was exactly what they were looking for, and that it would be unrealistic for them to look for experts in this field. He felt I was a strong candidate and was going to try to expedite the interview process.

After this, I had to chase them for a couple of weeks to see if we were proceeding or not, only to find out different people were going on vacation, leaving the process hanging.

Eventually, I was interviewed by a recruiting manager who seemed more interested in my personal situation than on my qualifications for the job or my background. On top of that, he threw a couple of very specific macOS questions at me about technologies/concepts added to the kernel in recent years.

A complete waste of time. They should be on the same page regarding what they're looking for.

Do you know what "S-E-X-T" means?