Scale and ease of effort is a valid and relevant point as it is easier than before for cover letters and CVs to be generated they are as good as dead for hiring managers.
To solve this, do not even consider the CV to begin with and consider looking at candidate's real world projects, bounties and paid PRs. like for example tinycorp [1] or comma.ai [2]
[2] Is similar to a take home except the challenge is public and the deliverable is evaluated on an error score which lower is better.
Solutions will be different to other candidates and the best ones will put in the effort and have a lower error score, it is then you can decide to spend your time interviewing them.
I would even argue that this is even more effective than an ATS that random candidates are sending their fake CVs and cover letters through.
Scale and ease of effort is a valid and relevant point as it is easier than before for cover letters and CVs to be generated they are as good as dead for hiring managers.
To solve this, do not even consider the CV to begin with and consider looking at candidate's real world projects, bounties and paid PRs. like for example tinycorp [1] or comma.ai [2]
[2] Is similar to a take home except the challenge is public and the deliverable is evaluated on an error score which lower is better.
Solutions will be different to other candidates and the best ones will put in the effort and have a lower error score, it is then you can decide to spend your time interviewing them.
I would even argue that this is even more effective than an ATS that random candidates are sending their fake CVs and cover letters through.
[1] https://tinygrad.org/
[2] https://github.com/commaai/calib_challenge