Is this job posting real?
Paste any job URL. We'll scan 16 signals — posting age, ATS source, salary transparency, repost patterns, scam keywords — and tell you in 3 seconds whether it's worth applying to.
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Why this matters
Roughly 1 in 5 job postings online aren't real openings, and 70% of Greenhouse-indexed companies posted at least one ghost job in Q2 2024. Companies post them to look like they're growing for investors, build talent pipelines for roles they don't have budget for, or keep employees feeling replaceable.
The average job seeker spends 11 hours per week applying. If 4 of those hours go to ghost jobs, that's 200+ hours a year on applications that were never going to lead anywhere. This tool tells you which ones those are — before you waste the time.
What we scan
ScoutAI's Reality Score runs 16 signals against every URL. The 8 highest-weight checks:
How ScoutAI's Reality Score compares
Most tools score for keyword match or relevance, not for whether the job is real. ScoutAI is built around the latter.
| Tool | Detects ghost jobs? | Signals | Free URL checker |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScoutAI Reality Score | Yes — primary feature | 16 (publicly documented) | Yes, no signup |
| Indeed Hiring Likelihood | Implicit — unverified | Proprietary, undisclosed | Only inside Indeed |
| No built-in detection | — | — | |
| ZipRecruiter "Trending" | No — measures view volume, not authenticity | — | — |
| Generic resume-checker tools | No — they score your resume, not the job | — | Varies |
ScoutAI publishes the full 16-signal spec at /data/reality-score-signals.json. The algorithm itself stays private; the structure is public so you can verify the methodology.
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