At least you got to interview them. One of the first startups I worked at in the early aughts, I started as a front-end dev. Indian dude a few cubes over. I'm

At least you got to interview them. One of the first startups I worked at in the early aughts, I started as a front-end dev. Indian dude a few cubes over. I'm not kidding, he had a "Learn .Net Nuke" Wrox book he was constantly pouring over. He was gone on my second day. Apparently the company had hired an outside recruiter who interviewed someone and when they got the job, this dude showed up. Apparently this was a really common scam back then. I see not much has changed.