Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs

Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by jmopr on Monday May 23, 2016 @05:11PM (#11757032)

@jc4p I put in the cover letter for every job my bot applies for + I send an additional page customized to the job poster, here is an example: http://job-diana.herokuapp.com/users/jobs/07c5807d0d927dcd09...

And here is the automated cover letter:

    Dear Hiring Manager,
    Hello, my name is Juan Ortiz. Nice to meet you!
    I actually wrote a bot to automatically apply to your job because it looks like it's a #{fit} fit for my skills - my matching algorithm actually said there is #{percent}% chance you'd be interested in interviewing me.
    You can check out the match profile I created for your job posting here: #{url_for_analysis} I'd really love the opportunity to interview at  #{company_name} for the open #{job_title} position.
    Thanks again. You can reach me at #{phone_number} if you'd like to chat.
    P.S. if you're interested in how my bot is actually handling applications for me, you can check out the source code that applied on github: #{link_to_github}.

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Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by jc4p on Monday May 23, 2016 @05:14PM (#11757051)

The additional page thing makes me feel better. I think it's a really cool project, and sharing the percent match with the person is genius. The cover letter in the example isn't really a cover letter, though.

A bare-minimum cover letter would to me include _reasons_, e.g. "I've been teaching myself Rust in my off-time and migrating over from a mobile engineer to working in Rust full time really excites me."

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Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by okc on Monday May 23, 2016 @05:23PM (#11757123)

Excellent. I'd love to see a not that handles recruitment too.

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Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by justinlardinois on Monday May 23, 2016 @06:51PM (#11757659)

> my matching algorithm actually said there is #{percent}% chance you'd be interested in interviewing me

Of course anyone reading that would be skeptical, but I wonder if a high number would have a subconscious effect on them regardless.

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Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by notahacker on Monday May 23, 2016 @07:40PM (#11757866)

I'd have thought it was the opposite: any hiring manager is going to totally disregard the percentage (and the automated application) except for the small fraction of hiring managers that think "writing a job application bot... that's exactly the sort of outside-the-box approach we're looking for round here". For that fraction, seeing a low percentage match might dent that enthusiasm.

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Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @05:17PM (#11765569)

I'll go out on a limb and say that 99% of technical hiring managers seeing that the application was written by a bot will want to interview that guy today.

Said it so many times before, it's shit like this that puts you way ahead of the crowd when it comes to interviewing.

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Re:Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs by justinlardinois on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:10PM (#11771350)

I honestly wouldn't be surprised by any reaction to this. A hiring manager could just as easily think "This candidate doesn't even know they applied for this job because the bot did it for them, so how do I know they're even interested?"

Also in many companies the hiring manager isn't the person initially reading applications. And the person who is might not be technical and might have more of an HR background.

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