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I'm not sure how meaningful recruiter pings are; before I moved out of the bay area, I was averaging about 2/month from Google, and only once did the recruiter have a clear description of a position that was actually a good fit for my skills. In my group (at another big corp), the conversion rate of recruiter pings into actual interview offers is in the single digits. Recruiters are pretty bad at identifying candidates that you (the hiring group) want to interview, especially for more specialized positions.

It turns out that living outside of the bay area/NYC is a fantastic filter for recruiters. Now they don't talk to me unless they actually want me.



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