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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Up to 40% of job postings online aren't real openings. Companies post ghost jobs 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.
ScoutAI's Reality Score runs 16 signals against every URL. The 8 highest-weight checks:
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.
ScoutAI scans thousands of jobs every day, scores them automatically, and shows you only the real ones — with AI-generated cover letters in your voice and one-click apply. Free to start.
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