Paste a job listing — get a ghost-likelihood score and the exact red flags, with evidence, before you waste 45 minutes applying. About 27% of listings have no real seat behind them.
10 of 11 risk signals triggered on this sample listing.
Probabilistic risk signals — not an accusation. Methodology
Text analysis runs instantly and your paste is processed in memory — never stored.
We joined our 11 weighted red flags against what 10 major job boards actually display. The strongest metadata signals — posting age and repost history, 26.3% of the total score — are exactly the ones boards obscure.
| Job board | Signal coverage | |
|---|---|---|
| USAJOBS | 93.9% | |
| 83.3% | ||
| Dice | 83.3% | |
| Wellfound (AngelList Talent) | 80.7% | |
| Glassdoor | 77.2% | |
| SEEK | 77.2% | |
| Indeed | 70.2% | |
| Monster | 70.2% | |
| ZipRecruiter | 63.2% | |
| CareerBuilder | 63.2% |
Coverage = share of total flag weight verifiable pre-application (partial visibility counts half). Full board guides →
Powerful analysis. Clear insights. Honest, probabilistic verdicts.
Paste text or a URL — the rule engine scores it in milliseconds. No signup, no AI black box.
Every flag comes with the matched evidence and a plain-English why, linked to its sources.
Weights are published, the methodology is open, and every stat on this site is computed from the data spine.
Ghost listings cost about 20.2 hours per 100 applications. Triage in 10 seconds instead.
Your paste is analyzed in memory and never stored or logged. The privacy promise is structural.
We mapped which of the 11 signals each of 10 major boards actually shows you — and which they hide.
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20.2 hours per 100 applications go to ghost listings — 27% of postings have no real seat behind them. The fix is filtering, not more effort.
The average job board shows you only 76.2% of ghost-job warning signs. Here are all 11 signals ranked, and how to check the hidden ones.
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