> No, the legal system operates from what we decide it to. Okay, so let's not decide that hiring managers should go on trial to prove the reason they didn't in

> No, the legal system operates from what we decide it to. Okay, so let's not decide that hiring managers should go on trial to prove the reason they didn't interview anyone for a job is not felony fraud but because they got busy, priorities changed, the right candidates didn't apply, they lost the budget for the position, etc. Morality about the power imbalance aside, it's wholly impractical to consider it punishable. There are many benign reasons you might place a job ad and move on from it, just like you might get on a dating app and not respond to anyone. It sucks, but we the rejected can't be so fragile that we do anything but consider it a bummer and move on.