[jgtrosh]

> If I'm the hiring manager, then I probably don't want to hire you for the 28 out of 30 jobs you're not interested in.

OP meant that even for the 2 interesting jobs, attention to detail might be lost to the information overload of job searching in general.

> Sure, you're selecting for perfectionists, but arguably that's better than hiring people who don't really care about your company.

OP presented a probable negative bias towards “eventual” workers (I believe I'm somewhat in that category), which you contrast with careless people. These two characteristics are only partially linked and you might want to optimize both, at the cost of effort and time during hiring.

[hayksaakian]

Fair enough, thanks for taking a closer look at the OP's post and my analysis. I appreciate the insight.