The advice is everywhere. Reach out to the hiring manager. Don't just be another resume in the pile. Make a human connection before the decision is made.
The data is clear too. LinkedIn research shows 85% of jobs are filled through networking. Candidates sourced directly are 8 times more likely to be hired than those who simply apply. Personalized outreach sees a 45 50% response rate versus 15 20% for generic messages.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Viktor, co-founder of HirePilot.
I didn't spot a market opportunity. I lived this problem.
I sent over thousand applications in a month. Heard back from 3. Not because my profile was weak, because most of them never reached a human. ATS filtered them out before anyone could read my name.
The rest of the time I was copy-pasting the same information into every form, losing track of follow-ups in messy spreadsheets, and sending outreach that felt like shouting into the void.
At some point I stopped and thought: I'm not just looking for a job. I'm building the tool I wish I had.
That's HirePilot.
After talking to 25+ job seekers, one thing became clear: people spend more time fighting the process than actually getting hired. The job search has turned into a full-time admin job. We built HirePilot to remove that admin tax completely.
Here's what's new today:
→ Job Board. Find roles and apply directly from HirePilot
→ Autofill on LinkedIn, Indeed, and now Workday
→ Job Tracker. Every application, interview, and follow-up in one pipeline
→ Outreach. Find the hiring manager behind every role and reach them directly
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We'll be here all day. Would love to hear:
What's the most painful part of job searching for you?
If you could fix one thing about the process, what would it be?
Let's make job searching feel like progress, not a chore. 💬
@vik_sh It's like you read my conversations. My aunt asked me to find a product exactly like this
@kutlwano_melamu, happy we can help, Kultwano! Which HirePilot feature would be the most valuable for your aunt?
@vik_sh she struggled mostly with filling in job applications, it's time consuming while working a full time job. The auto-filling would be helpful
@kutlwano_melamu exactly! That’s one of the core features we built HirePilot.co for.
She can freely give the auto-filling feature a try. It’s designed to save time on repetitive job applications, especially when someone is already working full-time and doesn’t have hours to spend filling the same fields again and again.
Would love to hear how it works for her if she tries it.
@kutlwano_melamu Ha, small world. Hope your aunt finds it useful, would love to hear how it goes for her if she gives it a try.
@sofiia_havryliuk sure, already sent it to her
Visla
@vik_sh Viktor, in this day & age, this is going to be helpful for so many people! I wish you all the best with this and truly hope you are successful! While I hope I never need it, it's nice to know it exists if I do!
@mogabr , thank you so much really appreciate the kind words and support!
And honestly, I hope you never need it either 🙂 But for people who are actively searching right now, our goal is to make the process much less repetitive, scattered, and frustrating.
Wishing you and Visla all the best as well, really appreciate you stopping by.
Auto filling applications is great but can you add a salary range filter or at least show expected comp based on the role and location before I apply. Saves time chasing jobs that are way off on pay.
@kerimova89863 Thanks for the feedback, Metehan! You're totally right - avoiding underpaid roles is a huge time-saver!
We do have a 'Desired Salary' filter on the Vacancies page. You can set your target pay, and it will instantly filter the feed to match your expectations. Would you find it more helpful to see the salary range (min/max) filter? Always looking to improve the UX!✨
@kerimova89863 Totally agree this saves a lot of time. We already support salary filtering for jobs where compensation is provided. The tricky part is that many companies don’t publish salary ranges, so we avoid guessing when we can’t provide a reliable estimate.
Besides salary, are there any other criteria you’d want to filter by before applying?
@kerimova89863 Great point, Metehan. Salary fit matters a lot. Adding salary filters or expected compensation by role/location is exactly the type of feature that could help job seekers avoid wasting time on roles that are misaligned from the start. Would you prefer seeing the salary range directly in the job card, or as a filter before browsing?
Hi @vik_sh ! Could you please help me understand?
I've signed up and tried applying for a job on LinkedIn. Everything works great!
But how can I make a few changes to my CV before applying for another vacancy?
@vik_sh @mida_social
Hi! 👋
We're so happy to hear that you tried our product and successfully applied for a job—thanks for sharing that with us!
As for your question, we've actually built this feature in for exactly that purpose. 😊
In the Applicant Profile section, you can upload as many CVs as you'd like (whether they're different versions or copies of the same one). You can edit them at any time and choose which CV you'd like to use before applying. This makes it easy to tailor your CV for each specific vacancy.
We hope this helps! If you have any other questions, we're always here to help.
Wishing you the best of luck with your job search—we're rooting for you! 🍀
@mida_social Mike, thank you so much for trying HirePilot - really happy to hear everything worked well on LinkedIn!
Mykyta explained it perfectly: you can go to the Applicant Profile section, upload multiple CV versions, edit them anytime, and choose the right CV before applying to each vacancy. That way, you can keep different versions for different roles and tailor your applications more easily.
Also, since you’ve actually tried the product, it would mean a lot if you could leave us a short honest review here on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/hirepilot-co/reviews/new
Reviews from real users are extremely important for us at this stage. Thank you again for your support - and good luck with your job search! 🙌
Used to manage my whole job search in a Google Spreadsheet and it was such a pain. Switched to HirePilot and it's so much easier, the dashboard plus the autofill saved me a ton of time. Wish I'd found it sooner!
@stanislavlysenko, this is exactly the story we built HirePilot around. Spreadsheets get messy fast once you're tracking more than a couple of applications. Glad the dashboard and autofill are actually saving you time.
@stanislavlysenko Spreadsheets are basically everyone's first system until they hit application number 15 and lose track of who they already followed up with. Really glad the dashboard is holding that together for you.
So the concept is not a million miles removed from proposal automation software (which I am very familiar with). If the product can automate the repetitive data input (name, address, job history, qualifications) then that frees up time to focus on the qualitative responses (the why/how/what etc). In my opinion that still needs human in the loop (albeit the platform could be used to give a good starting point). But you would have significantly more time if the boring repetitive data has already been completed. So yes I like the concept.
@martin_tanner Martin, exactly! that’s the core idea. We don’t want to remove the human from the process, especially for the qualitative parts where judgment, context, and personalization matter.
HirePilot is built to eliminate the repetitive work first: profile details, job history, education, application fields, tracking, and outreach prep. Then the job seeker can spend more time on the parts that actually move the needle. Appreciate you seeing the concept so clearly.
@martin_tanner That's a really good analogy, proposal automation is basically solving the same underlying problem: eliminate the repetitive data entry so humans can spend their time where it actually matters. Completely agree on the human-in-the-loop point too. We're not trying to automate the "why this company, why this role" part, that still needs a real person thinking it through. Our goal is just to clear out the boring stuff (personal info, work history, etc.) so people actually have the time and energy left to focus on what makes them stand out. Really appreciate the thoughtful take!
@martin_tanner , funny how often this pattern shows up once you've seen it in one industry. Proposal automation, job applications, probably a dozen other fields nobody's fixed yet. The repetitive data entry never needed a human, it just ate the time a human needed for the actual thinking. Glad the concept translates so clearly for you.
Composio
great launch! can this tailor each application to the job description? let's say i'm applying for DevRel and Engineering roles
@shawn_esquivel Thanks so much! Great question. Right now, HirePilot doesn't auto-rewrite your resume or cover letter per job description, but we do support storing multiple resumes, so you can switch between them right in the extension while filling out an application. You'd have a master resume as the default, but if you're applying for a DevRel role vs an Engineering role, you can just pick the version that fits best on the spot.
Full dynamic tailoring based on the job description itself is something we're considering for the roadmap. Appreciate you bringing this up, it's exactly the kind of use case that helps us prioritize what to build next!
@shawn_esquivel Shawn, great question!
Right now, HirePilot helps with autofill, tracking, and outreach to relevant people inside the company. Resume/application tailoring for each job description is part of our roadmap, especially for cases like yours where someone may apply to different role types - DevRel and Engineering, for example.
The goal is to help users adapt their positioning depending on the role, not just send the same generic application everywhere.
Elder Care Check
Congratulations on the Launch! Truly excited about the product!
I wanted to ask if the team is planning to expand the number of sites where HirePilot can be used.
@sakina4 Appreciate that! Yeah, expanding platform coverage is very much on the radar. Workday was the hardest one to crack and we wanted that solid before pushing further, but more ATS platforms are coming as we go.
@sakina4 Sakina, thank you so much, really appreciate the support!
Yes, absolutely. Right now, HirePilot works with LinkedIn, Indeed, and Workday. And of course we’re actively expanding support to more application flows and other ATS platforms like Greenhouse and others.
Our goal is to make HirePilot useful wherever job seekers are applying, so expanding site coverage is definitely a big part of the roadmap.
@sakina4 Thank you so much, really appreciate the support! 🙏
Great question, yes, expanding autofill support to more ATS platforms is definitely on our radar. We've been having some early discussions internally about where to expand next, so users aren't limited to just a handful of sites. Nothing locked in yet, but it's a direction we're excited about. If there are specific platforms you'd love to see supported, would love to hear them!