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This wouldnt be that hard to do, but is it illegal to automate those submissions?

by codingslave 7y ago

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thenewnewguy 7y ago
I don't see why it would be, as long as you're just sending one real job application. If you tried to DOS a company by sending in a ton of garbage applications that'd probably be illegal. That said I wouldn't be surprised if you get declined if the company realizes you did so.
- ddsea 7y ago
  Who's with me to automate the coding interview with leetcode problems?
zo1 7y ago
May not be illegal, but all platforms don't like it. And it's only a problem that needs solving because the internet is full of shit content. There are N amount of job postings, but recruiters and other "middle-men" have made it so that there are N * X * Y places a candidate has to apply to. Where X are the amount of recruiters and Y are the recruitment platforms/boards. They literally take their clients' requirements, shuffle them around, repackage them, adding editorial fluff and then post them to Y amount of platforms. This is information warfare and we are losing the battle. This is the net-consequence of all the "distributed" effects we've been wanting for years. Instead, there should be one database. Or at the very least an identifiable entity even if you want to repackage something. I.e. each one of these postings needs to have an agreed UID for employer, employer's job posting, recruiter, and the type of roles it applies to. We need more structure to the data, not less and more distribution across the greater internet. That is why they don't like scrapers, because they lead to consolidation, aggregation or deduplication of data that has been needlessly duplicated in order to confuse and obfuscate. On a side, tech-related note, this is the same reason why I hate microservices architectures: a good chunk of them distribute and duplicate pieces of data.
- codingslave 7y ago
  I think it would be messy, but doable, to build a one application platform that is tailored to individual websites behind the scenes. It knows how to input the information, checks the boxes, and then collates the responses and makes applications easy to track. Actually kind of curious why this doesnt exist

This wouldnt be that hard to do, but is it illegal to automate those submissions?

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thenewnewguy 7y ago

I don't see why it would be, as long as you're just sending one real job application. If you tried to DOS a company by sending in a ton of garbage applications that'd probably be illegal. That said I wouldn't be surprised if you get declined if the company realizes you did so.

ddsea 7y ago
Who's with me to automate the coding interview with leetcode problems?

zo1 7y ago

May not be illegal, but all platforms don't like it. And it's only a problem that needs solving because the internet is full of shit content. There are N amount of job postings, but recruiters and other "middle-men" have made it so that there are N * X * Y places a candidate has to apply to. Where X are the amount of recruiters and Y are the recruitment platforms/boards. They literally take their clients' requirements, shuffle them around, repackage them, adding editorial fluff and then post them to Y amount of platforms. This is information warfare and we are losing the battle. This is the net-consequence of all the "distributed" effects we've been wanting for years. Instead, there should be one database. Or at the very least an identifiable entity even if you want to repackage something. I.e. each one of these postings needs to have an agreed UID for employer, employer's job posting, recruiter, and the type of roles it applies to. We need more structure to the data, not less and more distribution across the greater internet. That is why they don't like scrapers, because they lead to consolidation, aggregation or deduplication of data that has been needlessly duplicated in order to confuse and obfuscate. On a side, tech-related note, this is the same reason why I hate microservices architectures: a good chunk of them distribute and duplicate pieces of data.

codingslave 7y ago
I think it would be messy, but doable, to build a one application platform that is tailored to individual websites behind the scenes. It knows how to input the information, checks the boxes, and then collates the responses and makes applications easy to track. Actually kind of curious why this doesnt exist