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Do they not check the actual publication record? It shouldn't have worked at all with a fake name.

ak_111 4y ago
At the stage of shortlisting for the interview, a lot of people don't actually go out and check the paper, they just register it is published in a good journal, they might do a deep dive when preparing for the interview if at all. Especially in a field like plant biology, papers probably have many authors, so even if you check the paper you might not pay attention to the author list (or he could have chosen a name that looks like one of the co-authors in some of his papers?)
- netsharc 4y ago
  Maybe the papers have names like M. Lastname, and M could be extrapolated as Mohamad or Michael...
- nullifidian 4y ago
  - random314 4y ago
    He only changed his name, not his education history. Please don't try to justify discrimination based on color or national origin. It is, in fact, against the law.
    - nullifidian 4y ago
      >not his education history. Provided that someone has actually read his educational history. It's more likely the reading has stopped at "From: Muhammad Abdullah". And I'm trying to find the likeliest explanation of the phenomenon other than the 'omnipresent racism' theory. Please don't accuse people of thought crimes without a sufficient basis.
      - random314 4y ago
        WTF dude. Stop digging. > It's more likely the reading has stopped at "From: Muhammad Abdullah" That's called racism. > Please don't accuse people of thought crimes without a sufficient basis. It's not thought crime. Employment opportunities are being denied. There are specific laws against this. I hope you never end up being a hiring manager. You are a huge liability to any organization.
        nullifidian 4y ago
        >That's called racism. It's called national origin discrimination (If I'm correct that is) >You are a huge liability to any organization. So you are one of those that confuse "something unfortunate happens" with "something should happen in this unfortunate way". Ok.
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At the stage of shortlisting for the interview, a lot of people don't actually go out and check the paper, they just register it is published in a good journal, they might do a deep dive when preparing for the interview if at all. Especially in a field like plant biology, papers probably have many authors, so even if you check the paper you might not pay attention to the author list (or he could have chosen a name that looks like one of the co-authors in some of his papers?)

netsharc 4y ago
Maybe the papers have names like M. Lastname, and M could be extrapolated as Mohamad or Michael...
nullifidian 4y ago
- random314 4y ago
  He only changed his name, not his education history. Please don't try to justify discrimination based on color or national origin. It is, in fact, against the law.
  - nullifidian 4y ago
    >not his education history. Provided that someone has actually read his educational history. It's more likely the reading has stopped at "From: Muhammad Abdullah". And I'm trying to find the likeliest explanation of the phenomenon other than the 'omnipresent racism' theory. Please don't accuse people of thought crimes without a sufficient basis.
    - random314 4y ago
      WTF dude. Stop digging. > It's more likely the reading has stopped at "From: Muhammad Abdullah" That's called racism. > Please don't accuse people of thought crimes without a sufficient basis. It's not thought crime. Employment opportunities are being denied. There are specific laws against this. I hope you never end up being a hiring manager. You are a huge liability to any organization.
      - nullifidian 4y ago
        >That's called racism. It's called national origin discrimination (If I'm correct that is) >You are a huge liability to any organization. So you are one of those that confuse "something unfortunate happens" with "something should happen in this unfortunate way". Ok.

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