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When I was Job Hunting, I got fed up with Indeed testing and just ignored it. Went to Zip Recruiter for same position with no testing required. And got hired.

Yep turns out, the Indeed testing requirement was bullshit all along. If you see a job position listed on Indeed, do a basic search for same position and you will find it on alternative website. What made it more ironic the website Zip Recruiter had the salary and benefits listed up front. When I went to the interview I asked H.R. why? They said Indeed is the only site where it is “OPTIONAL” not to list the salary. Whereas every other website, requires it to make sure your a real company and not a scam. And YES, she acknowledge the absurdity of what she just said. Edit: I'm not advocating for ZipRecruiter the point of this post was to show that multiple websites will have the same job that will sometimes show you info that the employer is trying to hide from from their competitors because if they start listing…


Yep turns out, the Indeed testing requirement was bullshit all along. If you see a job position listed on Indeed, do a basic search for same position and you will find it on alternative website.

What made it more ironic the website Zip Recruiter had the salary and benefits listed up front. When I went to the interview I asked H.R. why?

They said Indeed is the only site where it is “OPTIONAL” not to list the salary. Whereas every other website, requires it to make sure your a real company and not a scam.

And YES, she acknowledge the absurdity of what she just said.

Edit: I'm not advocating for ZipRecruiter the point of this post was to show that multiple websites will have the same job that will sometimes show you info that the employer is trying to hide from from their competitors because if they start listing salaries there competitors will realize that they can out-bid their competition. That's why employers don't want to list their salaries.

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