I used to know corporate recruiter that really made it feel like the appropriate term. He used all sorts of social engineering to trick employees of companies t

I used to know corporate recruiter that really made it feel like the appropriate term. He used all sorts of social engineering to trick employees of companies to flesh out internal org charts by convincingly pretending to be people they should confide in. It was like Mr. Robot, but without the computers. And he was given marching orders like, find this department in this company, figure out who the good people are, and what makes them tick and bring them all. It could take months. It was underhanded, and very impressive. This was before linkedin probably made it so much easier.