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What I have seen is some minor resume CAPTCHA in the job description, like "answer 7 + 12 in your cover letter" or something similar.

I imagine that will filter out a good swath of robo-submitters as well as those with low attention to detail (but maybe not the chatGPT responders).

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Anecdotally, if there is any extra step after submitting a resume I notice my response rate is much much higher. Whether an email to verify information in their ATS or a small test, just any secondary step.

I attribute it to so many people shotgunning resumes and this weeds them out, so I’m more likely to be noticed.

A survey with a few informational questions also probably works.

We used to have a line on our job ads for infra roles that asked the candidate to provide the contents of a DNS TXT record on our domain for a guaranteed interview. Only one candidate ever provided it.

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