Not the case where I live in Europe. Even small-ish companies use automated filters as they get too many applications that don't fit the job description.

Also, what is a tech company to you? Does making SW & HW scanning and test devices for the automotive and heavy industry not count as "tech"? I feel like SV has stolen the word "tech" from "technology" to mean "VC funded mobile web start-up founded to make money on skirting regulations and tracking users" the same way cryptocurrencies have stolen the "crypto" from "cryptography"

Yeah I'm in Ireland, mostly applying to consumer tech companies run out of the US, so quite different.

That being said, a lot of my roles have come through external recruiters so maybe that's what saves me.

It's odd that Ireland wouldn't see the same spamming though, given that we're an English speaking country with lots of tech roles.

How do you know your companies haven't gotten spammed? If you come through human recruiters then you bypass any automated filtering system.

Because I've never heard anyone talk about it, and I talk to a lot of recruiters, both internal and external.

Did you ask them about it? Maybe it's not something they just bring up?

Also external recruiters don't use autolatric filtering systems since they usually just fish people via LinkedIn. It's mostly the companies own application websites that use these systems as they're the ones getting spammed, not the external recruiters.

Given that I've hired a bunch in big tech so have been talking to recuiters very often (and that I've done LinkedIn sourcing for said companies) I honestly don't think this appears to happen in Ireland.

Which is odd, maybe something to do with the fact that Ireland isn't in Schengen?