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A tech professional with strong skills applied to 113 jobs over three months without a single callback—all because Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) auto-rejected his resume due to poor formatting. After optimizing it for machine readability, he landed five interviews in a week, exposing a systemic flaw in automated hiring that leaves countless developers invisible.

Amidst a flood of applications and easily curated online profiles, hiring managers reveal the harder-to-fake indicators of exceptional engineering talent. We explore the shift beyond GitHub stars and polished READMEs to uncover the genuine signs – from problem-solving depth to collaborative instincts – that separate truly great engineers from the crowd.