Matcha job search
Ranked 4 of 4 job boards by recommenders
People find it wildly useful and simple, with zero noise. A common caveat is that it falls back to US listings.
People find it wildly useful and simple, with zero noise. A common caveat is that it falls back to US listings.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Useful, well-liked job search tool
“Wildly useful and would consider paying even though it just got released.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)” “Love your tool and just applied for the sales role”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)” “Awesome Product. Have a great potential.”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Falls back to US listings
“it falls back to showing US listings (Philadelphia, LA, etc.)”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Matcha – fresh job postings pulled directly from company career pages”
Other job boards people recommend
The three most recommended other job boards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indeed | 11 | 16 | 41% | 8 | — | — |
| superlogical.jobs | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Work at a Startup | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
| Matcha job searchThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it falls back to showing US listings (Philadelphia, LA, etc.)”
“Been using Matcha for a few weeks! Love the simplicity and zero noise angle it's really refreshing”
“the confirmation mail never arrives”
“Awesome Product. Have a great potential.”
“Love your tool and just applied for the sales role”
“Wildly useful and would consider paying even though it just got released.”
“posting almost every day here just to collect emails and advertise their "talent network" later on”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.