This job lends itself well to Gary's skills and experiences.

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Are these correct and natural?

1. This job lends itself well to Gary's skills and experiences.
2. This job lends itself well to someone with Gary's experiences and interests.
3. This job lends itself well to Gray because of his skills and experiences.
4. This job lends itself well to someone with an interest and talent in math and architecture and therefore Gary is a suitable candidate for it.

If not, can I in any way say a job/position lends itself to someone?
 

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The meaning is clear enough but "lends itself" isn't appropriate there. "Lends itself to [something]" has a different meaning.

You need the singular "experience" here, not the plural. The plural is used in a different context.

1. This job lends itself well to Gary's skills and experiences.
Gary has the right experience and skills for this job.
Gary is [well suited/a good fit] for this job considering his experience and skills.


4. This job lends itself well to someone with an interest and talent in math and architecture and therefore Gary is a suitable candidate for it.
This job is suitable for someone with talent and interest in math and architecture and therefore Gary is the right candidate.
 
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I can imagine talking to my boss after interviewing Gary. I might say, "He's the guy! He'd be perfect for this job."

Either "well suited" or "a good fit" would be perfect here.

I had a chance to be the first one to respond to this one, but I'm not very familiar with the phrase in question.

As always, @Barque came through with flying colors. Excellent!
 

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While "lend itself to something" is used to say that something is suitable for a particular purpose, I have not seen it used with jobs.
 

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Indeed. The sentence sounds as if the job is suitable to be 'used' by Gary, rather than that Gary is suitable for the job.

You could say, "This job would suit Gary because he has the skills and experience for it", but not "This job lends itself well to Gary's experience".
 
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