Post Ayb4ltBy8bnXSFUlCS by twink_js@holocene.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #Ayay3OAhViD0mPIcam by evrys@holocene.cafe
       2025-09-26T10:22:14Z
       
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       Saw a job ad today where it looks like someone just pasted the hex codes for the ASCII of their actual job description :ww:Maybe it's meant to intentionally filter out low-effort (bot) applicants? Pretty cute if so, though I'm curious if it's legal given the fairly strict German job market laws
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayay3PcO8FwzGZGFO4 by yura@udongein.xyz
       2025-09-26T10:30:54.276875Z
       
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       @evrysRemember seeing a link in fedi for a website where you could only send a job application after connecting via ssh or something like that.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayb4iE18lfFysvgPJ2 by evrys@holocene.cafe
       2025-09-26T10:36:32Z
       
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       @yura Google had a cute one some years ago where searching for some particular sequence of computer science topics would get you a secret hiring code challenge https://github.com/bezzad/foobar.withgoogleObviously that only works until people start writing about it though, then the jig is up :D
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayb4ltBy8bnXSFUlCS by twink_js@holocene.cafe
       2025-09-26T11:21:53Z
       
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       @evrys bot applicants are big problem. the company i work for is small (17 people total), so the ceo is taking care of recruiting people + already very busy tech lead hops on call to ask technical questions, check assignments, etc.i've been told that for the position i applied, there was 700 applicants. i got hired very fast so i assume majority of them weren't a fit at all.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayb4luSJRKSvNE9KJU by twink_js@holocene.cafe
       2025-09-26T11:22:15Z
       
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       @evrys though obviously going through these resumes must take a long time, which is painful for small companies without a recruiter assigned to that.also there were cases of people with fully polish name + location (incl. LinkedIn) applying with suspiciously perfectly fitting resume. on google meet, it turned out they were not polish (or even European), they weren’t in the location they provided, and obviously their name was made up.