Founder applies to his own company's job posting under a fake name — rejected in 6 minutes
punkbit · hn · 2026-10-21
A founder shared on Hacker News that he applied to his own company's job posting under a fake name and was rejected within 6 minutes — highlighting how automated, box-ticking hiring pipelines can filter out even the person who wrote the job description.
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