Hiring manager perspective: hiring is the most broken I've ever seen

I've been in a hiring manager position for the past 4 years Just posted a new role for the first time in maybe 12-18 months Get 400 applicants in a few days just by posting on LinkedIn No way to scalably read every resume Almost all the resumes have been run through an LLM to be optimized for the job description Every candidate sounds like a perfect fit with key requirements bolded throughout the resume I can't trust the resumes anymore as I know they're just saying what I want to hear Try using an LLM to find the best candidates from the stack of resumes It pulls the most gamified resumes to the top of the stack This is the state of hiring in 2026. All the incentives align for candidates to "optimize" their resume to the point of being unbelievable. Any tips from other hiring managers? For everyone else I can say personal referrals are at a premium. Also if you over optimize your resume you'll probably be skipped.