{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Domain Specificity Over-Weighting",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-006"
    ],
    "content": "# Domain Specificity Over-Weighting\n\nInterviewer requires exact vertical experience (e.g. adtech, crypto, specific payment processor) over deep transferable systems fundamentals.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `hiring-manager`\n- **Nature:** `bias`\n- **Removability:** `intermediary`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Amplifies `M-010` — Hidden Evaluation Rubric or Undisclosed Priority\n- Masks `M-001` — Genuine Technical Skill Shortfall\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Transferable general engineering skills are not disproven by lack of specific proprietary protocol knowledge.",
    "id": "M-018",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Interviewer requires exact vertical experience (e.g. adtech, crypto, specific payment processor) over deep transferable systems fundamentals.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-004",
      "B-007"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-002",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-008",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-006"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "hiring-manager",
      "nature": "bias",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "intermediary"
    },
    "amplifies": [
      "M-010"
    ],
    "masks": [
      "M-001"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "non_inferences": [
      "Transferable general engineering skills are not disproven by lack of specific proprietary protocol knowledge."
    ]
  }
}