[dsr_]

#3, especially: if your company has sane mail tools, it can autorespond to every single application with a variant on this:

Thanks for applying to $COMPANY.

We will get back to you by $(TODAY + 7) if we want to start a conversation.

Sincerely,

A. Robot

[withinboredom]

I generally give companies a week or two to reply. If they don’t ever reply, I never apply there again. Or I’ll apply and ghost them years later. Several times.

[throwanem]

This thread is a great generic example of why job posts don't enable comments.