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Ghost Job Detector

Stop wasting hours on listings that were never real

Check a listing for signs that it may be stale, low-quality, or unlikely to be actively filled before you spend time tailoring your materials.

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INGREDIENTS

🔎Web Search

PROMPT

Analyze this job listing for ghost-job indicators. Check for: (1) Posting age, if visible. (2) Description quality — is it specific about the team, projects, and reporting structure, or is it vague boilerplate? (3) Requirement coherence — do the years of experience, skills, and seniority level make sense together? (4) Salary-range sanity — is the range unusually wide for the level? (5) Repost patterns, if visible. (6) Recent company signals — hiring freezes, layoffs, obvious expansion, or no clear sign of hiring momentum. If any data point is not available, say so instead of guessing. Rate the listing: High confidence, Medium, or Low. Explain the reasoning behind each flag. Job listing: [paste URL or job description here]

How It Works

Before you invest time tailoring materials for a job posting, run it through

this detector. It checks for common warning signs: stale posting dates, vague

descriptions, unrealistic requirement combos, inconsistent salary ranges, and

company signals that suggest the role may not be actively hiring.

What You Get

  • Red flag analysis: posting age, repost frequency, description vagueness
  • Company hiring signal check: are they actually growing or signaling caution?
  • Requirement reality check: "entry-level" requiring 8+ years, or mismatched scope and title
  • Comparison against common ghost-job patterns from public reports and community discussion
  • Confidence score: High / Medium / Low likelihood the listing is worth pursuing
  • Recommendation: Apply, Skip, or Investigate Further

Setup Steps

  1. Paste a job listing URL or the full job description text
  2. Your Claw analyzes it against ghost-job heuristics
  3. Review the red flag report and confidence score
  4. Decide whether to invest time applying based on the assessment

Tips

  • Postings that are old, repeatedly reposted, or extremely generic deserve extra scrutiny
  • "Urgently hiring" paired with a long-open listing is a useful caution signal
  • Cross-reference the company's actual careers page when possible
  • If the description gives no real sense of team, work, or reporting line, be skeptical
  • Use this before you start tailoring your resume and cover letter
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