> Why do they even bother?

Because the job requirements on the position are likely to be real as the applicants accomplishments on their resume.

At every company I’ve done hiring at my job descriptions for positions on my team were edited by my boss or hr and read like what was 1-2 levels above the nominal title of the position or had shit like the well worn joke of asking for X years of experience in technology that hadn’t existed for that long.

The entire hiring market for tech at least has devolved into almost 100% noise over the last few years