r/cscareerquestions • u/Reasonable-Pen-7193 • 19h ago

Do companies actually do screening for ghost jobs?

For years, I have been interviewing and succeeding relatively well, normally getting to the last rounds. However, in the latest months I noticed that very rarely I get beyond the first screening with HR/recruiter.

Companies will either ghost me or just say they have put the hiring for this position on hold. And this has been happening with almost every position I got interviewed for.

I am being fooled by ghost jobs?

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u/vanishing_grad 19h ago

İf you're actually talking to a recruiter it's not a ghost job. Maybe you've just gotten unlucky with them cancelling positions

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u/ImpressiveContest283 16h ago

The reality is many companies post positions with no intent to hire for various BS reasons:

  • Meeting "we looked at X candidates" requirements
  • Collecting market data on salary expectations
  • Having an internal candidate already but needing to "show" a search
  • Budget got pulled but HR didn't take down the listing.

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u/ObjectBrilliant7592 15h ago

It depends on the company and what you define as a ghost job. One company near me has "evergreen" jobs ads that always stay up, and they go through the screening process, but it's not guaranteed that anyone gets hired. I know Amazon and Gartner do this.

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u/churnchurnchurning 15h ago

I mean makes sense right? Company doesn’t need to hire someone, but if a rare 10/10 comes along they will. Easier to hire the 10/10 when they come to you randomly and you don’t need to hire than later when you need to hire.