Anonymous check on ghost jobs
They posted the job.
They took the work.
Then they ghosted you.
Ghostedcheck is an anonymous public ledger of first-hand hiring-process reports — ghost jobs, unpaid take-homes, re-posted listings, and companies that interview in circles. A filing is held until independent accounts of the same pattern meet a self-tuning bar. Recurrence is not proof. Not a background check.
Or check a posting’s signals without scraping the job board.
How to read this ledger
Is Ghostedcheck a review site?
No. It is an anonymous public ledger of first-hand hiring-process reports. A filing stays held until independent accounts of the same pattern at the same company meet a self-tuning bar. Recurrence is not proof. It is not a background check.
- Anonymous
- No accounts. This site cannot tie a report to a person.
- Recurring only
- A filing stays held until independent accounts of the same pattern at that company meet a self-tuning bar.
- Unverified
- Recurrence is not proof anyone applied. Ghostedcheck does not investigate.
- Flagged by readers
- Guideline breaks can hide a report, raise the bar, and pull a cluster back off the ledger.
01
Check a listing
Answer signals you can see on a posting. Ghostedcheck does not scrape job boards. Signals are not a verdict.
02
Read public reports
Treat every filing as one person’s account, not a verdict. Only patterns that met the hold are listed.
03
File yours if you went through it
It is held until independent accounts of the same pattern meet the live bar.
What counts as a ghost job?
A ghost job is a role posted with no real intent to hire, or a requisition that was already filled. Ghostedcheck also tracks unpaid take-homes, re-posts, ghosting, bait-and-switch, and endless loops.
The role was posted with no real intent to hire, or the requisition was already filled.
Unpaid workA take-home, case study, or assignment that went well beyond a reasonable skills check.
Re-posted listingThe same or nearly identical job was re-posted after interviews or assignments.
GhostedThe company stopped responding after interviews, a take-home, or a promised decision date.
Bait and switchThe posted title, pay, location, or seniority did not match what was actually on offer.
Endless processRound after round with no decision — a process that keeps the requisition looking active.
Highest on the index
Full ledgerNothing public yet
The ledger starts empty. A filing stays held until independent first-hand accounts of the same pattern at the same company meet the live bar. Recurrence is not proof.
3 filings are held. Public pages appear after 3 independent accounts of the same pattern at the same company. Held filings are not named here. Recurrence is not proof. Method
File a reportLatest reports
Unverified. Open a company page to flag a guideline break.
No public reports yet. Held filings are not shown. When a pattern meets the bar, it will appear here as one person’s account — not a verdict.
What other surveys have found
These figures come from other organizations’ surveys. They are not Ghostedcheck findings, not a census of job boards, and not a statement about any company on this ledger.
4 in 10
hiring managers in a May 2024 ResumeBuilder.com survey said their company posted a fake job in the past year.
ResumeBuilder.com, May 2024. Survey of U.S. hiring managers — not this ledger.
Source8 in 10
hiring managers in a May 2024 Resume Genius survey said they have stopped communicating with a candidate without a reason.
Resume Genius, via HR Dive, May 2024. Survey of 625 hiring managers — not this ledger.
Source93%
of respondents in Huntr’s Q1 2026 job-search survey said they had applied to a posting they believed was fake or never meant to be filled.
Huntr Q1 2026 Job Search Trends, Q1 2026. Self-selected job-seeker survey (559 respondents) — not this ledger.
Source
Common questions
Short answers search and answer engines can quote. Recurrence is not proof. This is not a background check.
What is Ghostedcheck?
- Ghostedcheck is an anonymous public ledger of first-hand hiring-process reports. Anyone can file without an account. A filing stays held until independent accounts of the same pattern at the same company meet a self-tuning recurrence bar. Ghostedcheck does not verify that anyone applied.
What is a ghost job?
- A ghost job is a role posted with no real intent to hire, or a requisition that was already filled. On Ghostedcheck, ghost-job reports become public only after independent first-hand accounts of that pattern at the same company meet the live recurrence bar.
How do I check if a job posting is a ghost job?
- Open Check a listing. Paste a job URL you already have if you want, and answer what you can see: age, careers-page presence, re-post look, and whether pay is listed. Ghostedcheck does not fetch the board. Then search the public ledger. If you went through the process, file a first-hand report. The check is not a verdict.
Does Ghostedcheck’s listing check prove a job is fake?
- No. The listing check is a checklist of signals you can see. Ghostedcheck does not scrape LinkedIn or Indeed, does not open the posting for you, and does not store the URL. A cluster of signals is not a finding of fact, not a consumer report, and not the recurrence hold.
Does Ghostedcheck verify that reports are true?
- No. Recurrence is an automatic ranking threshold, not an investigation or a fact-check. Ghostedcheck does not interview reporters, does not confirm that a job existed, and does not adopt a public report as its own speech.
Is Ghostedcheck a consumer reporting agency?
- No. The ledger is not a background check and must not be used to make employment, credit, insurance, or tenant decisions about any person. Reports are unverified opinions of people who say they applied.
Went through this? File it.
No account. No name. Stick to the posting and the process — not the people. A filing is held until the pattern recurs. Public reports cannot be edited.