How to Read a Job's Trust Score

Name: How to Read a Job's Trust Score
Uploaded: 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z
Duration: 1 min 21 s
Description: The Trust score shows how legitimate a posting looks, from 0 to 100. See the six signals behind it, and what a low score does and does not mean.

The Trust score shows how legitimate a posting looks, from 0 to 100. See the six signals behind it, and what a low score does and does not mean.

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Steps

Open a job and find the Trust badge at the top of its page.
Scroll to the Credibility Score card to see the six signals behind the number.
Click What do these scores mean? to read the score in words.
Before you apply to a low-scoring job, check the company's own careers page.

Transcript

Every scored job in JobIntel carries three badges: Trust, Match and Ready. Start with Trust. It shows how legitimate a posting looks, on a scale of 0 to 100.

Scroll down to the Credibility Score card to see where the number comes from. It adds up six signals: the posting's age, salary transparency, how credible the source is, whether the company checks out, the quality of the description, and how many boards the job is on. Each one shows its points and a short reason. This sample posting is 75 days old, on one board, with a vague description, and that is what pulls its score down.

Below the job's header, click What do these scores mean? to read it in words. From 75 up, a posting reads High. From 50, Moderate. From 30, Low. Below 30, the job is marked Suspicious, with a red label next to the company name, on its card and on its page.

A score helps you decide where to spend your time. A low Trust score is a reason to look closer, not proof the job is fake. Before you spend an evening on the application, check that the job is on the company's own careers page.

Open a job you are thinking about, and read its six signals before you apply. Next, learn to read its Match score.