I hope the author knows that you don't need a backdoor reference check to confirm past employment.
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I Got Catfished by a Candidate
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Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#12I was hoping to find out from the story why this catfish lied in the first place. If they passed the interview so well they must be someway good.
Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#13> Rule #2: Take a long hard look at a candidate’s social profiles.
> Rule #4: Google is your friend.
That are one of the main reasons I don't post with my real name on the Internet, and I don't have an LinkedIn account. I don't want people to interpret what I put on the Internet in their own way when it comes to the decision if they should hire me or not.
Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#14> a catfish is someone who creates a false identity
By this definition, U.S. Marshals Service is a bunch of catfishes: https://people.howstuffworks.com/witness-protection.htm/prin...
Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#15The thing about checking social profiles for number of connections etc is strange to me, although maybe it makes sense in the sales world.
I have a LinkedIn but rarely log into it, most LinkedIn emails get filed into spam.
Missing good opportunities? Maybe. I dunno, it's just never been my thing.
I hope recruiters, at least for developer roles don't use LinkedIn profiles and connection count as some sort of metric in a hiring decision
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#16Maybe the author should evaluate _why_ they got catfished. Recruiting processes are so convoluted and hard to break through, that someone who apparently otherwise would have been a great candidate, had to lie to get an interview. Was a good candidate really only one that had worked at the managers previous employer? How many great candidates are companies missing out on because of arbitrary filters?
This doesn't hold up. Unless a candidate is single-mindedly targeting the author's company -- like, they get rejected and come back with a fake resume -- then they decided to fake a resume before talking to the author. The author can't fix the societal experience the candidate has been having, and you have no sign that they filtered unfairly.
I am sympathetic to candidates who feel they have skills but lack credentials, but it is no excuse for falsifying info. Make the strongest case you can about your true history, and you'll eventually connect with a company that values the actual you instead of a fake that will eventually break down.
Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#17I really hate the so-called term “catfished” it’s a completely contrived word that came from a 2010 movie that probably 50 people actually saw. “Ghosting” is another one, but at least you can use context to sort of figure out what people are actually talking about. A bit off topic, but this adulteration of language — from an obscure pop-culture reference, is a bit silly. Obviously the author agrees that most people d…
In the case of this word, it's in "the real dictionary" now, by which I am assuming you mean "people's actual lexicon". Yes, it's a relatively new word, but this is how language works.
How about you comment on HN in only Old English from now on, so you can avoid these newfangled spellings people made up?
Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#18I know this candidate lied but them navigating the interview process so impressively appears to validate that they are good at selling......
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#19Does being a catfish really matter if they passed the rest of the interview process?
If you're going to outright lie to my face & get caught, you'd better have a proof that you had discovered a brain tumor after having told the lie, pictures of the tumor being removed, and a doctor's note explaining "healthy now - no more liar liar pants on fire".
Re: I Got Catfished by a Candidate
#20That's odd. The author defends his "backdoor reference checks" by saying he would have never caught the catfish otherwise. Then later on the same person he contacted for his "backdoor reference check" was given to him as a reference, which would have happened regardless.