El puesto exige experiencia.

Here, puesto means position, job, or post.

In job-related Spanish, el puesto is a very common way to say the position or the role.

Be careful: puesto can mean other things in other contexts, such as:

• market stall / stand
• place / spot
• the past participle of poner (put, placed)

But in this sentence, it clearly means job position.

In this sentence, puesto is a noun.

Even though puesto is also the past participle of poner, that is not what is happening here. You can tell because it is preceded by the article el, which is a strong sign that it is being used as a noun:

• el puesto = the position / the job

If it were a past participle, it would usually appear with a form of haber or estar, depending on the structure.

El means the, while un means a/an.

So el puesto refers to a specific position, usually one already known from context, such as a job being discussed in a listing or conversation.

Compare:

• El puesto exige experiencia. = The position requires experience.
• Un puesto exige experiencia. = A position requires experience.

The second version is grammatical, but it sounds more general. In a real job ad or discussion, el puesto is often more natural if a specific role is meant.

Exige is the third-person singular present indicative form of exigir.

It matches the subject el puesto, which is singular.

So the structure is:

• el puesto = subject
• exige = verb
• experiencia = direct object

Other present-tense forms of exigir are:

• yo exijo
• tú exiges
• él / ella / usted exige
• nosotros exigimos
• ellos / ellas / ustedes exigen

It is mostly regular, but it has a spelling change in some forms.

The important thing to know is that the g changes to j before a or o to keep the same sound.

For example:

• yo exijo
• tú exiges
• él exige
• subjunctive: exija, exijamos

Why does this happen? Because in Spanish, g before e or i already has the strong sound heard in exige, but before a or o, Spanish changes it to j to preserve that sound.

So learners often memorize exigir as a verb with a spelling change in some forms, not as a highly irregular verb.

Because experiencia is being used in a general, uncountable sense here.

In English, we often say requires experience, not requires the experience. Spanish works similarly in this kind of sentence:

• exige experiencia = requires experience

If you want to make it more specific, you can add an article or modifier:

• exige la experiencia necesaria = requires the necessary experience
• exige experiencia previa = requires previous experience
• exige dos años de experiencia = requires two years of experience

So the lack of an article is normal and natural.

Because experiencia is a thing, not a person.

The personal a is usually used with specific human direct objects, and sometimes with pets or highly personified animals. Since experiencia is an abstract noun, there is no a.

Compare:

• El puesto exige experiencia. = no personal a
• El jefe exige a los empleados puntualidad. = here a los empleados gets the personal a because they are people

So in your sentence, no a is needed.

Yes, absolutely.

Both are natural, but they are slightly different in tone:

• requiere experiencia = requires experience
• exige experiencia = demands / requires experience

Exige can sound a bit stronger, more demanding, or more formal. In job ads, requiere is probably a little more common, but exige is still perfectly natural.

So:

• El puesto requiere experiencia.
• El puesto exige experiencia.

Both work well.

Yes, but the original order is the most neutral and standard:

• El puesto exige experiencia.

Spanish word order is flexible, but changing it usually adds emphasis or sounds more literary or marked.

For example:

• Este puesto exige experiencia. = adds emphasis to this position
• Experiencia exige el puesto. = grammatical in some contexts, but unusual and marked
• Lo que exige el puesto es experiencia. = more emphatic or explanatory

For a normal statement, the original version is the best choice.

In this sentence, experiencia is singular because it means experience in general, as an uncountable idea.

That is the most natural choice in job-related Spanish.

• exige experiencia = requires experience

The plural experiencias usually means:

• experiences as events someone has had
• different kinds of experiences

That is usually not what a job ad means.

Compare:

• Tiene mucha experiencia. = She/He has a lot of experience.
• Tuvo experiencias interesantes. = She/He had interesting experiences.

So for work qualifications, singular experiencia is the normal form.

A good English-friendly approximation is:

• ehk-SEE-heh

More precisely:

• exi- sounds like eksi-
• the g before e sounds like a strong h sound in most of Latin America
• the stress is on the middle syllable: exIge

So the stress pattern is:

• exIge

If you want a simple pronunciation guide, ehk-SEE-heh is close enough for most learners.

Yes, it is natural and correct.

It sounds concise and formal, which fits job ads well. Spanish job listings often use short, direct statements like this.

You might also see:

• Se requiere experiencia.
• El puesto requiere experiencia.
• Se exige experiencia previa.

All of these are common in Latin America. Your sentence is perfectly normal, especially if the ad is describing the qualifications for a specific role.