In the interview I stopped hiding my years and started leaning on them, the messes I've seen, the calls I've learned to make in my sleep. The room shifted. They didn't want someone cheaper; they wanted someone who'd been there. I walked out having been hired for exactly the thing I'd been apologizing for.
More people experience this than they realize.
The experience you were told to hide turns out to be the thing worth hiring.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.