[dudul]

No because sometimes they received an "edited" version from a recruiter and it wouldn't be fair to eliminate them for that.

But also yes, if I know you applied directly and start asking me "so what do you guys even do?" then we're pretty much done.

[ryandrake]

From the candidate’s point of view, job descriptions are often dry and generic, and it might be difficult to get an idea about what the company does even from their web site. “BigCo: We provide business solutions for increased sales and customer satisfaction!” OK, I’m gonna have to talk to a human there to understand what these people do. Plus, your company is number 58 on my list of 80 resumes I’m sending out today. I’m not going to read your entire web site and earnings report.

If it’s looking good, like this is a real job and I’m not ghosted, and I’ve passed at least one filter, yea, I will do deeper research on what the company does.