Ask HN: Did you get hired through 'Who wants to be hired?' by whoishiring?

I got hired by a company from “who is hiring” list. In general I get more responses and better interviews through jobs on HN. But I send only to the jobs I am truly interested in, not spamming. My applications are individually tailored.

Nope

Last time someone sent me an email about a job and then asked me for my country and when I responded, they said no.

I mean, why reach out when my country was literally listed in my location in my who wants to be hired comment lol.

Yes. I've got a lot of high quality connections that didn't lead to jobs too. One was actually a company I applied for elsewhere, which they ignored because it was a generic job site - the site rejected me, but they continued the process because we were interviewing thanks to HN.

It has the best effort-to-results ratio of anything so far. They'll put you into the process, but I think most have a bias towards you already, so less pointless hoops, and the requirements seem much more reasonable.

Don’t be naive, they are ads for companies, not actual jobs.