job application tracker

a job application tracking platform that immediately shows important info and differentiates real people from fake applicants with high certainty. the problem: existing platforms (like Ryan's) only show messages, where patterns might hint at fakes but nothing is definitive. the solution should tell with 100% certainty whether applicants are genuine and whether they will be good fits.

this is the employer-side complement to OnCue (which helps applicants) and connects to the referral-based hiring platform (which approaches the same problem through trust networks rather than detection).

spreadsheet evaluation: originality 6/10, excitement 6/10, MVP 4-8 weeks. competitive landscape: Lever, Greenhouse, Ashby are ATS platforms but don't auto-detect fake applicants or cross-reference external platforms, applicant AI fraud detection is emerging (HireVue, Paradox) but not as a standalone platform feature — the fake-applicant-filtering angle is timely. cold start problem — needs employer adoption. could MVP as a layer on top of existing ATS via API integration. tech depth 3/10, labeled [ARCHIVE] ("commodity product").

timeline

• [2025-12-22] captured — critique of existing platforms, need for better signal
• [2026-04-10] google sheets evaluation — 6/10 originality, 6/10 excitement, [ARCHIVE] tier