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Report companies posting ghost jobs, ghosting candidates, and engaging in deceptive hiring practices — anonymously. Help others avoid recruitment fraud before it wastes their time.
What Are Ghost Job Listings?
A pattern of deceptive hiring that wastes candidates' time and erodes trust in the job market.
What are ghost jobs? Red flags, statistics & how to spot them →
Fake Job Postings
Jobs posted with no intention to hire — also called phantom job postings. Companies collect resumes for future use or appear to be growing.
Interview Ghosting
Candidates complete multiple interview rounds only to never hear back. No rejection, no explanation.
Data Harvesting
Fake positions used to collect personal information, market research, or competitive intelligence.
Why report ghost jobs?
Every report is a signal. Together they form a public record that holds companies accountable.
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No registration or credit card required. To ensure uniqueness by network, we compute a one-way hash of your IP address when you submit — this cannot be reversed or traced back.
Fight tech industry malpractices
Candidates deserve to know if a company is worth applying to. ghostjobs.net exposes companies and recruiters who ghost applicants or harvest their data.
Do your own research
Research companies before applying — see whether others got responses, made it to interviews, or were ghosted entirely.
How widespread are ghost jobs?
Aggregated research showing the scale of fake job postings and candidate ghosting.
40%
of companies posted a fake job in the past year
Survey of 649 hiring managers — ResumeBuilder.com, May 2024
61%
of job seekers ghosted after an interview
Survey of 2,500 workers across US, UK & Germany — Greenhouse, Dec 2024
50%
of hiring managers post jobs just to build a talent pool
Survey of 1,000 hiring managers — Clarify Capital, 2023
Top 5 Most Upvoted Companies
Companies ranked by total upvotes across all verified complaints.
Hiring issues beyond ghost jobs
Ghost jobs are one symptom of a broader problem. These are the documented hiring practices that waste candidates' time and screen out real talent.
Nepotism in Hiring
When a role is already earmarked for a connection, external candidates go through the full process — then get ghosted. How to recognise a rigged process before you invest in it.
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Interview PracticeInterview Tasks That Test Nothing
LeetCode for frontend roles. Unpaid take-homes for junior positions. Brain teasers for sales hires. The gap between what interviews test and what jobs require is a systemic problem.
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How to spot a ghost job posting
Phantom job postings share common warning signs. Learning to identify these red flags before you apply can save you hours of unpaid interview preparation and weeks of anxious waiting.
⚠ Posting is 30+ days old with no updates
Legitimate roles move fast. A stale listing that has been reposted identically month after month is a strong indicator of a ghost job or a perpetually-open requisition with no budget attached.
⚠ Vague or copy-paste job description
Generic descriptions with buzzword-heavy language and no specific responsibilities often signal that no real hiring manager wrote them — they were drafted to harvest resumes, not fill a seat.
⚠ No named recruiter or hiring manager
Legitimate postings typically name a contact. Fake job postings avoid accountability. If there is no name attached, the company may not want you following up on a role they never intend to fill.
⚠ Company is in a known hiring freeze
Check LinkedIn and recent news for layoff announcements. Companies in financial difficulty frequently keep job postings live to maintain the appearance of growth while pausing all actual recruitment.
⚠ Multiple identical roles posted repeatedly
A company listing the same position three or four times in a month is either churning through candidates with no intent to hire or farming applications for future pipeline without an immediate opening.
⚠ No response after weeks despite confirmation
Job application ghosting — receiving an automated confirmation email and then silence indefinitely — is one of the most common forms of candidate ghosting and a hallmark of fake hiring pipelines.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about ghost jobs, fake job postings, and candidate ghosting.
What are ghost jobs?
Ghost jobs are fake or perpetually-open job postings that companies have no intention of filling. They may be posted to build a talent pool, appear to be growing, or harvest candidate data — but no hire will result. The term also covers interview ghosting, where candidates are dropped mid-process without any communication.
How do I spot a ghost job?
Key red flags include: the posting has been live 30+ days with no updates, the description is vague or copied from a template, there is no named hiring manager, the company is in a known hiring freeze, or identical roles are posted repeatedly. Check Ghost Jobs Index to see if the company has already been reported.
How common are ghost jobs?
Very common. According to a 2024 ResumeBuilder.com survey, 40% of companies posted at least one ghost job in the past year. A 2023 Clarify Capital study found that 50% of hiring managers have posted a role with no immediate intent to fill it. Greenhouse found that 61% of job seekers were ghosted after an interview in 2024.
How do I report a ghost job?
Use Ghost Jobs Index to report a ghost job anonymously in under 2 minutes. No account or registration required. Your report warns other candidates before they waste time on a phantom job posting.
Are you a hiring manager?
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Your questions, answered.
I have been ghosted after X interviews with multiple companies including meeting with CEOs and VPs. What can I do to help you?+
You can report the companies and share it on social media so there's more awareness of shady hiring practices.
Can we report a company that changes a major job requirement? (Remote -> Hybrid, experience, etc)+
Sometimes company policies change and there's very little you can do about it. I will eventually extend to Hiring Requirements Changed complaint type.
Is there a way to search for companies?+
Yes, in the Complaints tab.
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