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I had the same thing happen ~9 years ago. Interviewed a candidate who was fantastic, knew his stuff, and had a solid resume. We made him an offer that day and h
by drusepth 4y ago
I had the same thing happen ~9 years ago. Interviewed a candidate who was fantastic, knew his stuff, and had a solid resume. We made him an offer that day and he started the next week.
The guy that showed up (in person!) for the job was definitely not him, and asked rudimentary questions ("how do I access the terminal", "what programming languages should I download", "how do I install git", etc). We gave him the day in case it was just a bad morning or something, but ended up firing him the next day for misrepresenting 'his' experience.
- dymk 4y agoIf a different person shows up, why even give them until end of day?
- adamredwoods 4y agoTrue. Even if they seem nice and a quick learner, the identity fraud can be a security issue.
- biztos 4y ago> The guy... was definitely not him But: > We gave him the day That was very nice of you, but my first thought in that situation would be security. Your best case here is you have a fraudster "accessing the terminal" -- but maybe he's otherwise harmless?
- drusepth 4y agoStandard onboarding had him paired with our director of engineering for the full day, who was aware of the situation and handled the security aspects. AFAIK it ended up just being a case of recruiter fraud.