Yep had the same experience multiple times in tech industry especially when hiring via contracting companies. I asked around and while what you encountered is

Yep had the same experience multiple times in tech industry especially when hiring via contracting companies. I asked around and while what you encountered is one way they cheat, there are many ways the do it. I collected all possible ways candidates cheat and redflags to look out for when interviewing candidates in my blog post. (here is post link) https://thinkingthrough.substack.com/p/how-to-catch-a-cheating-candidate https://thinkingthrough.substack.com/p/how-to-catch-a-cheati... * if this falls under self-promotion, I can remove it.