The quality of jobs offered on Stack Overflow - and offered directly by the company hiring - is very good. That's why I keep looking at the listings!
However, there is one thing that seems not to work.
I've applied for a few positions on Stack Overflow, but on more than one occasion, there has been no response at all - apart from an auto email from Stack Overflow saying "Success! Your application for xxx engineer at Company yyy was sent"
I spend time filling in a nice cover letter, I have a CV, and I don't apply for jobs that are outside of my level of experience or I'd be totally unsuited for. I think I've done enough to at least get a one line response, "Sorry, we don't want to hire you". But on more than one occasion I've had no response at all.
If I was applying outside of Stack Overflow I would follow up the application to check what was happening. In the case of Stack Overflow there is no contact listed for the companies or roles so this isn't possible.
When I interview people or screen CVs I am sure to let the people who were not selected know. This is important because those same people might reappear wearing a different hat. Being straight with people is important and more so in the "small world" of specialists in your own field. The type of non-response I've outlined above is an indication of a poor attitude towards people.
I'm sure other Stack Overflow users would be interested to learn which companies are responsive, but there is no rating system for this.
