## STEP 1 — DECONSTRUCT The real truth: Being overqualified doesn’t protect you from being treated as disposable. --- ## STEP 2 — HOOK ENGINEERING [Provocative] Ghosting is now part of the hiring process. [Counterintuitive] Experience makes rejection feel dumber. [Specific] Three follow-ups. Complete silence. --- ## STEP 3 — WRITE THE POST Using the strongest hook: Three follow-ups. Complete silence. Got rejected from a role I could probably do half asleep. Five years in UX. Real shipped work. Actual results. Still got the automated “moving forward with other candidates” email. Then nothing. At some point I realized modern hiring is not really about finding the best person. It’s speed dating with ATS filters and internal confusion. The funny part? The rejection itself didn’t annoy me. The silence did. Companies keep talking about candidate experience while treating applicants like unopened support tickets. We designed onboarding flows more thoughtful than some hiring processes. Makes you wonder what the culture looks like after the contract is signed. --- ## STEP 4 — ANTI-LINKEDIN AUDIT **Flagged line:** “Actual results.” Why it sounded LinkedIn-ish: Too vague. Feels like résumé filler. **Rewrite:** Before: “Actual results.” After: “Projects people still use daily.” --- **Flagged line:** “Companies keep talking about candidate experience while treating applicants like unopened support tickets.” Why it sounded slightly polished: Too neatly packaged. **Rewrite:** Before: “Companies keep talking about candidate experience while treating applicants like unopened support tickets.” After: “Some hiring processes feel less human than a food delivery app.” --- ## STEP 5 — ENGAGEMENT PREDICTION 1. “Had this happen after six interview rounds. They reposted the role two weeks later. Recruiting has become bizarre.” 2. “As someone in-house, this is painfully accurate. Half the time recruiters are overloaded and hiring managers disappear mid-process.”