[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":433},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-11755755":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":42,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":72,"maker_in_thread":161,"shape":166,"grid":171,"attempts":396,"same_week":397,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":425,"reader_version":426,"card":427},"11755755","job-hunter","A bot to automatically apply to jobs","title","Show HN: I built a bot to automatically apply to jobs","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fjmopr\u002Fjob-hunter","github.com","jmopr",1464027754,2016,109,86,337,2264,15,"notable","productivity","job search automation","other",[24,25,26,27],"job search","auto apply","cover letter","job application bot","debated",-0.074,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":31},10,8,1,29,{"idea":36,"execution":38,"docs":40,"privacy":41},{"positive":37,"critical":37},9,{"positive":39,"critical":39},0,{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":39,"critical":33},[43,39,39,39,33,39,39,39,39,33,43,43,39,39,43,44,44,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,43,44,33,44,39,33,44,33,39,43,33,44,43],5,3,null,{"problem":47,"audience":54,"pricing":45,"motivation":59,"time_to_build":45,"stack":63,"openness":70,"stage":71,"team_size":71},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Hard to get a foot in the door as a recent bootcamp grad; applying to jobs is tedious.","maker",[51],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"11757023","So I built this because I'm a recent bootcamp grad & I've found that it's really hard to get my foot in the door. I'd really love feedback on how I can improve this. Here is an…",{"value":55,"source":56,"evidence":57},"Recent bootcamp grads and job seekers, especially developers.","inferred",[58],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"value":60,"source":49,"evidence":61},"Maker is a recent bootcamp grad finding it hard to get hired.",[62],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},[64],{"value":65,"source":56,"evidence":66},"Ruby on Rails (job-diana demo page on Heroku)",[67],{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"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:…","open_source","unknown",{"praise":73,"objections":97,"requests":124,"questions":136,"alternatives":145},[74,86],{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Humorous and clever response to recruiter spam and resume filters.","commenter",[78,82],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"11757016","robgibbons","For every recruiter complaining that this is a spammy spray-and-pray approach, there are a dozen engineers spammed daily on LinkedIn with irrelevant blanket offers. If anything,…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"11757659","justinlardinois","> 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…",{"value":87,"source":76,"evidence":88},"Per-job customized page with match percentage is a cool idea.",[89,93],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"11757051","jc4p","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…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"11757123","okc","Excellent. I'd love to see a not that handles recruitment too.",[98,112,116],{"value":99,"source":76,"evidence":100},"Spray-and-pray applications look like spam to hiring managers.",[101,104,108],{"id":102,"by":91,"text":103},"11756765","When I'm reviewing an application, the most important thing to me is the cover letter and the specificity in it. If you don't state why you want to work at the company, how you…",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"11756865","powera","If I were a hiring manager, I would straight-out reject anybody who was using this, resume and candidate unseen (assuming I found out). If a person applies to 100 jobs at once,…",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"11757130","ztratar","This is the best possible way to burn bridges. The companies that take spammy applications aren't the companies you want to work at.",{"value":113,"source":76,"evidence":114},"Cover letter in the example lacks real reasons for interest.",[115],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},{"value":117,"source":76,"evidence":118},"Bot applications may burn bridges and be rejected by hiring managers.",[119,120,121],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},{"id":122,"by":84,"text":123},"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…",[125,129],{"value":126,"source":49,"evidence":127},"Feedback on how to improve the tool.",[128],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"value":130,"source":76,"evidence":131},"Support for applying via sites that require account creation, not only Indeed.",[132],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"11756713","cylinder","I am guessing this only works with the \"Apply via Indeed\" jobs. Yesterday I was applying for jobs and extremely frustrated by how many corporations require you to create an…",[137],{"value":138,"source":76,"evidence":139},"Will recruiters take bot-submitted applications seriously?",[140,144],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"11759269","Ravikiran","Will the recruiter actually take this seriously? From a recruiter standpoint, when someone applies - the applicant is required to understand, interpret and apply accordingly.",{"id":122,"by":84,"text":123},[146],{"value":147,"source":76,"evidence":148},"Manual cover letters and networking or referrals.",[149,153,157],{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"11757008","nikki-9696","The fact that this sort of thing is a thing is very sad. I'm so glad I have a network and have gotten my jobs through word of mouth and in-person introductions.",{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"11757285","sotojuan","I see this opinion in \u002Fr\u002Fcscareerquestions a lot and I don't understand it... the people that say this (not saying parent comment is one of then) usually say cover letters are a…",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"11757165","geoelectric","To be clear, a cold-application cover letter? First contact, yeah, but I've mostly seen it with handshakes, networking, or the type of letter that also namedrops an internal…",{"comments":162,"answered":39,"key":163},2,[164,165],{"id":68,"text":69},{"id":52,"text":53},{"commenters":167,"max_depth":168,"maker_replies":162,"first_comment_mins":169,"lifespan_hours":170},60,7,130,197,[172,174,178,181,184,186,190,193,196,198,200,203,206,209,210,212,215,217,219,222,225,227,230,233,236,238,239,241,244,246,248,250,251,253,256,259,260,263,265,268,271,274,276,278,280,282,285,287,289,292,294,297,300,303,306,309,311,313,315,317,320,323,326,328,332,335,339,342,344,345,348,350,355,358,362,363,364,367,370,374,377,379,382,385,388,393],[79,39,43,173,80,39],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[175,39,39,176,177,39],"11757379","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","ryandrake",[179,39,39,176,180,39],"11757531","dimino",[182,39,39,176,183,39],"11763894","mundo",[185,39,39,176,84,39],"11757653",[187,39,39,188,189,39],"11757680","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","pavel_lishin",[191,39,39,188,192,39],"11758357","walrus01",[194,39,39,188,195,39],"11759054","wiseleo",[197,39,39,188,183,39],"11763881",[102,33,33,199,91,39],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[201,33,39,176,202,39],"11756832","zippergz",[204,33,39,176,205,39],"11756905","thebouv",[207,33,39,176,208,39],"11756957","bjelkeman-again",[158,33,39,176,159,39],[211,33,39,176,208,39],"11762876",[213,33,39,176,214,39],"11757096","csydas",[216,33,39,176,91,39],"11757153",[218,33,39,176,202,39],"11757742",[220,33,39,176,221,39],"11756937","jenscow",[223,33,33,199,224,39],"11756959","rajacombinator",[226,33,39,176,91,39],"11757073",[228,33,43,173,229,39],"11757313","johnward",[231,33,39,176,232,39],"11757945","mikekchar",[234,33,43,173,235,39],"11758131","piokuc",[237,33,39,176,229,39],"11761414",[154,33,39,176,155,39],[240,33,39,176,195,39],"11759078",[242,33,39,176,243,39],"11757010","parennoob",[245,33,39,176,91,39],"11757089",[68,33,39,247,11,33],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[90,33,44,249,91,39],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fexecution",[94,33,43,173,95,39],[83,33,44,252,84,39],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[254,33,39,176,255,39],"11757866","notahacker",[257,33,43,173,258,39],"11765569","HeyLaughingBoy",[122,33,33,199,84,39],[261,33,39,176,262,39],"11757050","dikdik",[264,33,39,176,91,39],"11757412",[266,33,39,176,267,39],"11757648","untog",[269,33,39,176,270,39],"11758887","developer2",[272,33,39,176,273,39],"11757056","dkopi",[275,33,39,176,91,39],"11757066",[277,33,39,176,273,39],"11757091",[279,33,39,176,159,39],"11757726",[281,33,39,176,159,39],"11757149",[283,33,39,176,284,39],"11757172","gearoidoc",[286,33,39,176,159,39],"11757292",[288,33,39,176,91,39],"11757352",[290,33,39,176,291,39],"11757789","hdctambien",[293,33,39,176,91,39],"11758013",[295,33,39,176,296,39],"11757228","thedz",[298,33,39,176,299,39],"11757325","vonmoltke",[301,33,39,176,302,39],"11758633","qudat",[304,33,39,176,305,39],"11759217","jestar_jokin",[307,33,39,176,308,39],"11760008","dozzie",[310,33,39,176,183,39],"11764248",[312,33,39,176,308,39],"11764981",[314,33,39,176,183,39],"11810984",[52,162,39,316,11,33],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[318,162,43,173,319,39],"11757234","zzzcpan",[321,162,44,247,322,39],"11757354","garysieling",[324,44,39,188,325,39],"11756819","DeBraid",[133,327,33,199,134,39],4,[329,327,44,330,331,39],"11756761","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","Animats",[333,327,39,188,334,39],"11757104","sheraz",[336,327,44,337,338,39],"11757136","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","madelinecameron",[340,327,39,188,341,39],"11757836","Decade",[343,327,39,188,195,39],"11759091",[109,43,33,199,110,39],[346,43,33,199,347,39],"11757196","exwardna",[349,43,33,199,299,39],"11757290",[351,352,44,353,354,39],"11759036",6,"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs","dlugo06",[356,168,43,173,357,39],"11757122","bsmonaco",[359,32,33,360,361,39],"11790399","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fprivacy","Endy",[141,37,33,199,142,39],[150,31,39,188,151,39],[365,31,39,176,366,39],"11757188","ludamad",[368,369,43,173,357,39],"11757127",11,[371,372,44,330,373,39],"11757399",12,"rmason",[375,372,39,188,376,39],"11760241","Chris2048",[105,378,33,199,106,39],13,[380,378,44,330,381,39],"11757175","jwise0",[383,378,39,176,384,39],"11757312","noxToken",[386,378,43,173,387,39],"11757619","deeteecee",[389,390,43,391,392,39],"11757601",14,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","jkot",[394,18,44,316,395,39],"11757600","jecjec",[],[398,403,408,413,417,421],{"id":399,"name":400,"points":401,"category":402},"11762169","WhatMoji.com",143,"languages",{"id":404,"name":405,"points":406,"category":407},"11744221","Texttop",114,"dev_tools",{"id":409,"name":410,"points":411,"category":412},"11754225","Illustrio",112,"creative",{"id":414,"name":415,"points":416,"category":407},"11749126","Family.scss",88,{"id":418,"name":419,"points":420,"category":407},"11752227","Wsta",85,{"id":422,"name":423,"points":424,"category":20},"11754099","HN-Saved-Links-Export",82,false,"v2",{"id":428,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":425,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":429,"top":18,"kw":430,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":39,"strip":431,"url":9,"mix":432,"praise":75,"objection":99,"sub":21},11755755,-0.07,[24,25,26,27],"5000100001550053300000000005313013105135",[31,32,33,31],1794036544571]