[OC] The most popular job search site is one of the least effective. I analyzed 461k applications to see which platforms actually lead to interviews.

Posted by nomadicsamiam

10 comments

  1. **Source & Methodology**

    Hey everyone, OP here with the details on the data.

    This visualization comes from a larger analysis my team and I at [Huntr.co](http://Huntr.co) conducted for our Q2 2025 Job Search Trends Report. We wanted to see if there was a disconnect between where people were applying for jobs and where they were actually getting results.

    * **Data Source:** The data is drawn from a pool of **461,000 anonymized job application entries** tracked by users on our platform between April and June 2025. When a user saves a job, we capture the source URL (e.g., linkedin.com, indeed.com, etc.).
    * **Methodology:** A “response” is defined as a user manually updating the status of an application to “Interview” or a later stage (like “Offer”). The response rate for each platform was calculated by taking the number of applications from that source that resulted in an interview and dividing it by the total number of applications tracked from that same source. For example, the 9.3% rate for Google Jobs means that of all applications tracked from a jobs.google.com URL, 9.3% were later marked as having led to an interview.
    * **Tools:**
    * **Data Collection/Warehousing:** User activity was logged and processed in our backend, with final aggregations done in **ClickHouse**.
    * **Visualization:** The charts for the report were created using a combination of our internal data visualization tools and then polished for presentation.

    The full dataset also includes analysis of 285k de-duplicated job ads and 59k resumes. If you’re curious about the other findings (like what skills actually correlate with getting an interview or the impact of tailoring a resume), you can see the full report on our site. Happy to answer any questions

  2. How the hell do you get jobs through Google, doesn’t it take you to the job portals?

  3. This is depressing… do I read this right that less than 10% of the applications get a response, even for the top ranking outcome?

    Meaning, at best, 90% of applicants (+400K) don’t even hear back? At worst, 98.6% of applications just get dismissed from the get go.

    So recruiters conclude that 90-98% of applicants are unqualified?

    I’ve heard that the market is messed up for years now but how is this sustainable?

  5. I must have shit luck with Welcome to the Jungle, I have had one rejection out of 100-ish applications. Everyone else has been a ghost.

  6. Why are there so many colors? And why is the x axis label cropped out?

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  8. Of about 250 applications, I never once got an interview from an Indeed application

  9. Sounds like you have this data too, but what jobs are being applied to on each site (and who the applicants are) makes a big difference here, right? I would think there are skews where some sites overindex in growing fields like nursing (I would guess: indeed), while other sites overindex on retracting fields like (much of) tech!(I would guess: LinkedIn)

  10. I’ve never heard of google jobs. I didn’t know that they had a job site.

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