Unless I see evidence in a communication that they have read something in my info, I assume its a bot/script. I'm amazed this hasn't been commented in this thre

Unless I see evidence in a communication that they have read something in my info, I assume its a bot/script. I'm amazed this hasn't been commented in this thread especially because I'm assuming most people work in software here on HN. They have databases of leads and scripts that send out personal sounding emails about jobs. I believe they want to talk live because that shows you are interested enough to put some effort in. If someone can't commit to a 30min call, then they probably aren't actually looking for a new job. If a candidate will only deal with them via email and never talk live, they may make conclusions from this related to the communication skills (not judging but think about it). For a lot of companies, communication skills for developers are as important as coding skills since you will be working with other humans.