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Ask HN: Why do this: “Please mention the word 'crane' in your application”?

3 points by s1t5 ↗ HN
I saw a job ad for a startup role which among the list of requirements specifies: "Please mention the word 'crane' in your application". Have you seen this before? Any idea why it's done? What do you think of this practice?

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_the_inflator
To check if the candidate read through the profile/anti-bot.

I would not use it.

onion2k
It's testing to see if you read the instructions, or to filter out people who cut'n'paste hundreds of applications, or possibly to block bots but I don't really know why someone would write a bot to apply for jobs.