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Ghost Job Detector
Before you write the cover letter — check whether the company has already been reported for posting ghost jobs, ghosting candidates, or running fake hiring processes.
Ghost Jobs Index is a free ghost job tracker built from anonymous candidate reports. Search the database by company name to see a history of complaints, upvotes from candidates who recognised the same pattern, and the type of deceptive hiring reported.
The tracker covers fake job postings, interview ghosting, salary fishing, and other documented hiring malpractice. Every entry was submitted by a real candidate.
How to use this detector
Three steps. Takes under two minutes.
Check the company profile
Each reported company has a dedicated page showing the type of complaints filed, how many, and how upvoted they are by other candidates who recognise the same pattern.
Report what you found
If you have encountered a ghost job posting, been ghosted after interviews, or spotted other deceptive hiring — report it anonymously in under 2 minutes. No account needed.
Report a ghost job →What this ghost job tracker monitors
Ghost jobs are not just one pattern. The tracker covers the full range of deceptive hiring practices that waste candidates' time and erode trust in the job market.
Fake job postings
Roles posted with no intent to hire — to build a talent pool, appear to be growing, or harvest candidate data. The defining ghost job pattern.
Interview ghosting
Candidates taken through multiple rounds — sometimes to final stage — and then dropped without communication. No rejection, no explanation.
Companies running fake interviews to benchmark competitor pay. Your salary expectations are the data they came for.
Take-home assignments that extract real deliverables — code, designs, strategy decks — from candidates who will never be hired.
Recruitment pipeline building ↗
Agencies posting ghost jobs to build candidate databases they can sell on — with no live vacancy behind the listing.
Why check before you apply
Ghost jobs are not rare edge cases. They are a documented, widespread pattern across industries and company sizes.
40%
of companies posted a fake job in the past year
ResumeBuilder.com, 2024
50%
of hiring managers post jobs just to build a talent pool
Clarify Capital, 2023
61%
of job seekers were ghosted after an interview
Greenhouse, 2024
Using a ghost job checker before applying does not guarantee you will avoid every fake posting — companies that have never been reported can still run deceptive processes. But it gives you signal where there would otherwise be none, and it takes less than two minutes.
The more candidates report, the more accurate the tracker becomes. A company with five verified complaints and high upvotes is a different risk than one with no record. That distinction is only possible because candidates report.
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Understand what you're looking for
Learn the red flags, statistics, and patterns behind ghost job postings before you start your search.
What Are Ghost Jobs? →