Ghosted After Applying: Candidates Tired of Silence Ghosting Is Now the Default. It Does Not Have to Be Your Default. You apply, sometimes complete a HackerRank, and then nothing. No rejection, no recruiter, no feedback. Data engineer roles are competitive, and companies ghost candidates who look generic: some SQL, some Python, no pipeline narrative, no cloud, no Spark. Silence is a market signal that your profile is not being championed. Make Your Profile Impossible to Ignore JOPP covers the p…