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I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

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Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

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post #8

Bruh the harry potter theme song scared the shit out of me as it turned itself on. Bad UX for a personal site. Great article btw !

sorry, i added it to set the mood for my site :') yk, like moving lamps at the top, hanging dementor at the right side (only visible on desktops).

should i remove it?

Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

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post #4

My takeaway from this is that I should use the same defense as when someone calls you "from you bank". When they reach out directly, go to the real company's site to apply and contact a real recruiter. If you can't validate that the business is legit before, then assume malfeasance.

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Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

#13
post #9
post #4

My takeaway from this is that I should use the same defense as when someone calls you "from you bank". When they reach out directly, go to the real company's site to apply and contact a real recruiter. If you can't validate that the business is legit before, then assume malfeasance.

Companies make this hard, a bit like various email scams where legit company communication comes from seemingly random domains (hello paypal). Often the company is legit, but theres no public contact that knows anything about the recruiter thats working for them.

Healthcare companies are the WORST at this - they will send you legitimate email from h34lthc4re.biz with a heart-happy-health.phishing.info link that you HAVE to use - and it's all legit.

Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

#14
post #8

Bruh the harry potter theme song scared the shit out of me as it turned itself on. Bad UX for a personal site. Great article btw !

sorry, i added it to set the mood for my site :') yk, like moving lamps at the top, hanging dementor at the right side (only visible on desktops). should i remove it?

yes

Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

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post #4

My takeaway from this is that I should use the same defense as when someone calls you "from you bank". When they reach out directly, go to the real company's site to apply and contact a real recruiter. If you can't validate that the business is legit before, then assume malfeasance.

Even if the attempt is legit, going to the company’s website/careers page to try and reach them is pointless. You application will just get lost among the thousands of others. Your best bet is to ask the recruiter to email you and check for a @ email address. And even if the attempt checks out don’t run untrusted code on your machine.

Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

#16
post #8

Bruh the harry potter theme song scared the shit out of me as it turned itself on. Bad UX for a personal site. Great article btw !

sorry, i added it to set the mood for my site :') yk, like moving lamps at the top, hanging dementor at the right side (only visible on desktops). should i remove it?

No, it made me laugh.

Re: I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

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post #4

My takeaway from this is that I should use the same defense as when someone calls you "from you bank". When they reach out directly, go to the real company's site to apply and contact a real recruiter. If you can't validate that the business is legit before, then assume malfeasance.

it was in this moment, that gtowey’s outdated job solutions transitioned them from unc to boomer
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