Francesca Scipioni

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@JoshOwuoty Same! A no with a reason would actually help you get better. That frustration is a big part of why I started a talent matching startup: matching is maths, candidates can see a few plots and understand what they are missing most

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

Genuine question for job seekers, especially freshers and career switchers: has a rejection email ever told you which requirement you missed? Even once?

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@offerfy right! How frustrating that is?? You could use the feedback for self improving but can't! I leveraged this experience for my talent matching startup: we use mathematics and give candidates statistic-based insight

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@imharshhub How do you decide which candidate works best for you? Do you use some tool or do you go through all these CVs?

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@diegoambeliz 👋 fellow founder here!

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@seetharamugn 👋 happy to chat!

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@sridharfyi Congrats on the momentum. Genuine question from someone building hiring tools: with hundreds of replies and roles across 16 companies, how do you get to a shortlist without reading everything?

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@AakashA54940018 I know what you mean pretty well. At first I blamed myself for not being good enough. Then I tried to understand what the problem is and I funded my own recruiting platform :D Are you willing to tell me more about your experience?

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

Hi X. I'm Francesca: astronomer turned ML person, now building a hiring tool with my co-founder Monia.

I'm here to learn how people actually hire and get hired.

What's the most pointless step you've seen in a job application?

#Recruiting

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@AakashA54940018 That one stings. Often the skill IS in your resume, just not in the exact words the filter is looking for. "Led" vs "managed", "ML" vs "machine learning". Did you ever get a reply that explained which requirement you missed? I never had such a feedback

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

More and more founders say they don’t care about the perfect resume. They want ambition, speed, someone exceptional at something.

Love that. But then the applications pile up and someone still has to read them all.

Founders hiring right now: how do you actually spot “exceptional” in the pile?

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

@fawadQ11 100%. And the best part is when the form asks you to retype everything that's already on the resume you just uploaded. What's the longest one you've filled in?

[Francesca Scipioni @FrancescaS83]

Honest question for anyone job hunting: how many versions of your CV are in your downloads folder right now?

CV_final, CV_final_v2, CV_final_REALLY...

48% of job seekers say tailoring a résumé for each job is the hardest part (Monster, 2026).