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The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by defen »

While I don't doubt this sort of thing happens, the following line leads me to believe that this is an exercise in creative writing by someone:

> In the meantime, legal approved security to put a trace on John’s computer to review if there have been outside messages or if his work is being completed with outside help or on a different computer altogether.

Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by greedo »

We "hired" a DBA after a really good remote interview (this was in 2017). Two weeks later, the DBA shows up for work, but wasn't working very closely with the hiring team. His coworkers seemed curious about some of his approaches to problems etc. Turns out he had someone fake his interview. Fired him two weeks later when we had all of our ducks in a row in terms of HR stuff.

Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by farmerstan »

throwaway9191aa wrote: post #7

But... is the interviewee proxy doing this as a side gig? If they are good enough to get paid (presumably) for taking interviews, how can that be more valuable than just taking one of the jobs they successfully interview for?

Who wouldn’t pay $10,000-50,000 for a guaranteed FAANG job? There are some people out there that can absolutely pass every single interview. And if they look like you, especially over zoom, then how would they know?

Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by kurthr »

simmanian wrote: post #5

Practices like this are hilariously common in the industry. Right out of college I accepted a job offer at a small consulting company on the east coast. They promised they would give me free housing at their luxury apartment for the first few months and give me all the training I need to excel in areas of my interest. I flew across the country and found out the whole thing is not as advertised. Their luxury apartment…

And people wonder why managers like hiring in person workers? It's not that you can't fake some stuff like this in person, but it's both harder (more expensive) and a lot more obvious.

Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by ljm »

I've been involved in more than a handful of interviews where it was clear that the candidate was wearing an earpiece or getting answers from someone else. Never hired an actual impostor like in TFA, but the signs of someone cheating the interview were pretty clear.

All we had to do was go off script and we'd have a good idea about how genuine the candidate was being.

Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by omegadeep10 »

throwaway9191aa wrote: post #7

But... is the interviewee proxy doing this as a side gig? If they are good enough to get paid (presumably) for taking interviews, how can that be more valuable than just taking one of the jobs they successfully interview for?

I think the interviewee proxy is probably located in a non-US country where they wouldn't be able to work for a well-paying tech company.

They could also be doing it for cash on the side. A few hours of interviews a week for a significant chunk of change.

Re: The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

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Post by rightbyte »

throwaway9191aa wrote: post #7

But... is the interviewee proxy doing this as a side gig? If they are good enough to get paid (presumably) for taking interviews, how can that be more valuable than just taking one of the jobs they successfully interview for?

My experience with hustlers is that they do alot of work to not work.
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