{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "count": 4,
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "Seniority Double Bind",
      "status": "active",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "EVD-002"
      ],
      "content": "# Seniority Double Bind\n\nCandidate is simultaneously rejected as overqualified for junior/mid roles and underqualified (or insufficiently specialized) for staff/leadership roles.\n\n### Trigger Rule\nCandidate observes rejection for overqualification at level N and skill-depth shortfall at level N+1 within the same market cycle.\n\n### What this Establishes\n- Candidate falls into an evaluation boundary gap where compensation/experience expectations mismatch standard job tiers.\n\n### What this Does NOT Establish\n- Does not establish that the candidate lacks market value.\n- Does not establish malice or coordinated collusion between employers.",
      "id": "P-001",
      "type": "pattern",
      "summary": "Candidate is simultaneously rejected as overqualified for junior/mid roles and underqualified (or insufficiently specialized) for staff/leadership roles.",
      "required_artifacts": [
        "A-002",
        "A-013"
      ],
      "compatible_mechanisms": [
        "M-001",
        "M-004",
        "M-017"
      ],
      "trigger_rule": "Candidate observes rejection for overqualification at level N and skill-depth shortfall at level N+1 within the same market cycle.",
      "establishes": [
        "Candidate falls into an evaluation boundary gap where compensation/experience expectations mismatch standard job tiers."
      ],
      "non_inferences": [
        "Does not establish that the candidate lacks market value.",
        "Does not establish malice or coordinated collusion between employers."
      ],
      "interventions": [
        "I-002",
        "I-003"
      ],
      "evidence_level": "supported"
    },
    {
      "title": "Closed-Then-Reposted Requisition Motif",
      "status": "active",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "EVD-004"
      ],
      "content": "# Closed-Then-Reposted Requisition Motif\n\nA candidate completes multiple late-stage interviews, is rejected with a generic message, and sees the identical role reposted weeks later.\n\n### Trigger Rule\nCandidate observes role closure/rejection followed by public reopening of materially similar role listing within 60 days.\n\n### What this Establishes\n- The requisition requirements or target profile were not satisfied by the interviewed pool, or search criteria changed mid-process.\n\n### What this Does NOT Establish\n- Does not establish that the original job listing was fake or a ghost job.\n- Does not establish that candidate was intentionally misled.",
      "id": "P-002",
      "type": "pattern",
      "summary": "A candidate completes multiple late-stage interviews, is rejected with a generic message, and sees the identical role reposted weeks later.",
      "required_artifacts": [
        "A-003",
        "A-004"
      ],
      "compatible_mechanisms": [
        "M-002",
        "M-006",
        "M-010",
        "M-013"
      ],
      "trigger_rule": "Candidate observes role closure/rejection followed by public reopening of materially similar role listing within 60 days.",
      "establishes": [
        "The requisition requirements or target profile were not satisfied by the interviewed pool, or search criteria changed mid-process."
      ],
      "non_inferences": [
        "Does not establish that the original job listing was fake or a ghost job.",
        "Does not establish that candidate was intentionally misled."
      ],
      "interventions": [
        "I-001",
        "I-003"
      ],
      "evidence_level": "supported"
    },
    {
      "title": "Experience-Age Impossibility",
      "status": "active",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "EVD-001"
      ],
      "content": "# Experience-Age Impossibility\n\nRequisition requires more years of hands-on experience in a specific framework or tool than that technology has existed in the open-source ecosystem.\n\n### Trigger Rule\nJob description or automated screen requires X years of experience where X > technology_age.\n\n### What this Establishes\n- Job description was authored without technical review, using copy-paste templates with automated gating rules.\n\n### What this Does NOT Establish\n- Does not imply technical team is incompetent, only that HR screening pipeline lacks technical validation.",
      "id": "P-003",
      "type": "pattern",
      "summary": "Requisition requires more years of hands-on experience in a specific framework or tool than that technology has existed in the open-source ecosystem.",
      "required_artifacts": [
        "A-002",
        "A-009"
      ],
      "compatible_mechanisms": [
        "M-008",
        "M-024"
      ],
      "trigger_rule": "Job description or automated screen requires X years of experience where X > technology_age.",
      "establishes": [
        "Job description was authored without technical review, using copy-paste templates with automated gating rules."
      ],
      "non_inferences": [
        "Does not imply technical team is incompetent, only that HR screening pipeline lacks technical validation."
      ],
      "interventions": [
        "I-005"
      ],
      "evidence_level": "supported"
    },
    {
      "title": "Compensation Double Bind",
      "status": "active",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "EVD-005"
      ],
      "content": "# Compensation Double Bind\n\nCandidate is required to state salary expectation first; quoting high triggers immediate rejection, while quoting low triggers leveling downranking.\n\n### Trigger Rule\nAsymmetric salary inquiry where employer refuses band disclosure prior to candidate submitting binding number.\n\n### What this Establishes\n- Information asymmetry is utilized as an uncalibrated gatekeeper before technical merit is evaluated.\n\n### What this Does NOT Establish\n- Does not mean employer has unlimited budget or malice.",
      "id": "P-004",
      "type": "pattern",
      "summary": "Candidate is required to state salary expectation first; quoting high triggers immediate rejection, while quoting low triggers leveling downranking.",
      "required_artifacts": [
        "A-002",
        "A-005"
      ],
      "compatible_mechanisms": [
        "M-004",
        "M-017"
      ],
      "trigger_rule": "Asymmetric salary inquiry where employer refuses band disclosure prior to candidate submitting binding number.",
      "establishes": [
        "Information asymmetry is utilized as an uncalibrated gatekeeper before technical merit is evaluated."
      ],
      "non_inferences": [
        "Does not mean employer has unlimited budget or malice."
      ],
      "interventions": [
        "I-002"
      ],
      "evidence_level": "supported"
    }
  ]
}