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

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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