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The fact that they are interviewing with a particular company is private information; you have no right to make that public. Also of note is that the article c

The fact that they are interviewing with a particular company is private information; you have no right to make that public. Also of note is that the article claims that "if I didn’t do my backdoor checks I would have never uncovered the Catfish", but then later states the "fake manager [was] one out of the two people that I knew from Acme Corp". Had she waited 'til that point, she would have discovered the lie without sharing the information with people who don't (ostensibly--as they are listed on the reference) already know it and without relying on woolly information ("no one has heard of him" does not sound like solid proof that he never worked there, particularly if it's a large company).

desdiv 8y ago
It's easy to spot this Catfish even without any personal connections at Acme Corp. When Catfish provides Jim @ Acme Corp as a reference, but with a non-Acme Corp address for Jim, then that's a huge red flag. You either: 1. Reply with "Please provide Jim's Acme Corp work email address." Catfish won't be able to. The end. 2. Call Acme Corp front desk and get Jim's real phone number. Call Jim. 3. Find Jim's real email on Acme Corp's website. Email Jim.
- dvtrn 8y ago
  Is it still a huge red flag if Jim left the company when you did because you were both hit by layoffs?
  - dx034 8y ago
    There's a high chance that he's on LinkedIn with his current company. And if he got laid off, using the header of the old company is definitely not ok.
hinkley 8y ago
> The recruiter was still having trouble getting the Acme Corp reference—which at this point was causing me some minor heart palpitations. Sounds like the author is a piece of work himself. I wonder if he knows how this post paints the work culture at his company.