I'm applying to jobs, and the amount of AI assessments, rounds, AI interviewers, questionnaires, is nuts.
One of these emails for example,
It's rough.
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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Almost better off posting the address where you are hiring and see who comes in person to apply. That would be a bigger hurdle for serious applicants.
Or they can send a letter ๐
I got a job in 2017 when I did an application, heard of a widespread computer failure because of shit Windows security, and used that as an excuse to send my application again in paper, 'just in case'. I got the job. It was perhaps the best job I ever had.
I got my current job by doing contract work so I was already in the chair when they hired me full time.
They'd have to solve the riddle of envelopes and stamps.