Oh this still makes me cringe. It's was a storm of coincidences. I used to be able to say that if I got an interview I got an offer 100% of the time, until this

Oh this still makes me cringe. It's was a storm of coincidences. I used to be able to say that if I got an interview I got an offer 100% of the time, until this happened... I was asked by a friend to apply to a job because "we really need someone like you". I liked the friend and I was open to interview. Applied to the job, and gave him a copy of my resume. The interviewer emailed me a time with a hangouts link (remote interview). He sent it to the wrong email address, so I never got it. Fast forward a week later I see a voice call on hangouts with my friend's name on it. So I answer it on my phone. It was the interview. Totally not prepared, not in the headspace for an interview...I don't even have my resume in front of me...and definitely not dressed for the occasion. It's a 12 person panel. I have interviewed with 1-4 people before, but 12 was a lot. So I sit down where I was, which was in the attic, because I was cleaning, wearing a t-shirt and shorts, but hey they can just see my face and uhm a cloth thing for a background because I had a grey blanket on hand when they called me so I made it my makeshift background. Totally off my game, but at least my friend is part of the 12, so there is that. And I managed to setup my makeshift area within 30 seconds with my video off. Relevant side note, I have 4 kids, so either I would have to be downstairs with the kids screaming or outside...so the attic was the best place for me. Interview starts, brief introductions...I got no freaking paper or pens, but I find a pink paper with some kid art on it and a thick sharpie, which was ridiculous but whatever. I'm rolling with it. "So 100011_1000001, might as well start with some of the basics, how long have you been working with AWS?" Er...I hadn't except personal dabbling. I have no idea why they start with that because I didn't apply for an AWS position. Give them my best answer. "Do you have any admin experience?" Er...in college as a side job. My answers are not horrible, but it's obvious that their questions don't match the job I applied for. Because why would I apply for something I don't know? I try to nicely ask them if they are interviewing me for the wrong job. Which is really confusing because my friend send me the link, and he is right there, but something is off with him. He hasn't said a word and acting aloof. The job I applied for did "change", it was to admin AWS based tools. We kind of laugh it off and I basically told them that I am going to screen myself and say I am not fit for this specific job, so might as well save them time. Friend was still quiet. So I failed the interview spectacularly with a lot of awkwardness for me. I haven't blushed for a decade, but I was blushing big time. Fast forward six months later I found out what happened. The friend was in heavy debt. He pinged everyone that was semi-competent that he knew and got all their resumes and would apply for jobs in his company impersonating us. He was hoping to get the $5k sign on bonus his company was offering enough times to get out of debt. It's also why I never got the interview meeting, he had miss-typed my email address.