{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Experience-Age Grading Mismatch",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-002"
    ],
    "content": "# Experience-Age Grading Mismatch\n\nCandidate with 10+ years applied for mid/senior role, triggering fears of boredom, rapid churn, or salary dissatisfaction.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `recruiter`\n- **Nature:** `bias`\n- **Removability:** `none`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Amplifies `M-004` — Unstated Compensation Band Discrepancy\n- Masks `M-001` — Genuine Technical Skill Shortfall\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Being rejected as \"overqualified\" is an organizational tier mismatch, not a candidate deficiency.",
    "id": "M-017",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Candidate with 10+ years applied for mid/senior role, triggering fears of boredom, rapid churn, or salary dissatisfaction.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-003",
      "B-004",
      "B-007"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-013",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-002"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-002",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "recruiter",
      "nature": "bias",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "none"
    },
    "amplifies": [
      "M-004"
    ],
    "masks": [
      "M-001"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "non_inferences": [
      "Being rejected as \"overqualified\" is an organizational tier mismatch, not a candidate deficiency."
    ]
  }
}