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I'd imagine companies wouldn't want to do that, because you could come up with an argument that you're being discriminated against.

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You could always hire the person for a different role. Say its a SE position in the company but then the person doesn't meet the requirements. The company can offer a jr position.

Especially in your situation it would make sense to have a separate title at the start.

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