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> **どの要求にも** 当てはまらないような気がした  
>  He felt as though none of the requirements applied (to him)

I can't find anything that discusses the pattern "question word + noun + にも"
as in the bold part of the above sentence.

My best guess is that this is like the noun equivalent of 何を食べても (no matter
what he eats). In this case どの要求にも is "no matter what the requirement". So the
literal translation of my sentence would be "He felt as though, no matter what
the requirement, it did not apply (to him)".

Is my analysis correct? Are there any other similar patterns that express the
same idea?
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Question word + noun + にも
Do you understand 何もない ("there is nothing"), 何も食べない ("I eat nothing"), 誰もいない
("there is no one") and so on? Then this pattern is the same except that a
case particle is inserted. は and を are _replaced_ by も to say
_nothing/nowhere/etc_ , but other particles are followed by も.

  * 東京 **へ** 行く。  
東京 **に** 行く。  
I will go **to** Tokyo.

  * どこ **へ** も行かない。  
どこ **に** も行かない。  
I will go **to** nowhere.

  * 上司 **から** 指図を受ける。  
I take orders **from** my boss.

  * 誰 **から** も指図を受けない。  
I take orders **from** no one.

  * 漫画 **に** 興味がある。  
I am interested **in** manga.

  * 何 **に** も興味がない。  
I am interested **in** nothing.

  * どれ **に** も興味がない。  
I am interested **in** none of them.

  * その要求 **に** 当てはまる。  
It applies **to** that request.

  * どの要求 **に** も当てはまらない。  
It applies **to** none of the requests.
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Your translation is on point.

> どの要求も

I will try to explain why it means "whatever ...".

に is the direction particle (for 当てはまる), so I will exclude it from the
explanation.

も is the inclusive particle (it includes all possible cases)

どの要求も -> どの要求 (an indefinite requirement) + も (including all possibilities) ->
Including all requirements -> Any requirement / whatever requirement / no
matter the requirement / every requirement

* * *

As for 何を食べても, I don't think they are equivalents. Because the も particle
encloses 何を食べて which is not a noun (どの要求). So も works the same way but
including all possibilities of 何を食べて. In this case, the も doesn't add the
meaning of "everything" or "anything" to 何 as it does to 要求. So the
translation would be "No matter what (single thing) you eat...".

This is important because your original sentence may also be translated as "He
felt as though all of the requirements didn't apply (to him)" which is the
most literal translation I can think about. But in 何を食べても the idea is that
"Whatever thing you eat (an indefinite thing, a single one), ...", but not
"Even if a eat everything...".
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