A manager has claimed that his company may have been rejecting qualified candidates for months because their CVs did not match a technical keyword exactly. He made the discovery after applying for his own company's senior associate vacancy under a fake name and receiving a rejection within six minutes.
The manager shared his experience on Reddit's r/recruitinghell forum. His Reddit post shared on X claimed that his team of nine needed a senior associate since April, but HR repeatedly told him the candidate pipeline was thin and applicants were failing the screening process.
