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out of the list under "Before you start with the test, you might be suspicious about the following:" there is only one that is important: only interact with pe
by john_strinlai 2mo ago
out of the list under "Before you start with the test, you might be suspicious about the following:" there is only one that is important:
only interact with people using an official email address.
the rest can be used as yellow/red flags, but simply asking for confirmation via an official email address will thwart the vast majority of scams (including other ones, like someone claiming to be from Intuit calling about your QuickBooks or whatever).
- sgbeal 2mo ago> only interact with people using an official email address. And then google whether the domain is associated with phishing attempts. i've been targeted several times recently by folks with "official" email addresses but whose domains are (per google) strongly associated with phishing.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2mo agoI have seen official company recruiters operate exclusively through Gmail or whatever. Third party headhunters may not have anything tied to the sponsoring company. It is a decent rule, but one which is immediately thwarted by companies going out of their way to constantly look illegitimate.
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- logicallee 2mo agohow do you know they were really official company recruiters?
- supriyo-biswas 2mo agonot OP, but because I've looked for a job previously and have experiences with recruiters like that which ended up at a legitimate offer at the companies they claimed to represent?
- GJim 2mo agoBy not using their 'official' company email account, I'd assume the recruiter is working on the side behind their employers back.
- LoganDark 2mo ago> immediately thwarted by companies going out of their way to constantly look illegitimate Interesting reading: https://www.troyhunt.com/thanks-fedex-this-is-why-we-keep-getting-phished/ https://www.troyhunt.com/thanks-fedex-this-is-why-we-keep-ge...
- sebastiennight 2mo ago> simply asking for confirmation via an official email address There are some smart new scammers who now create a lookalike domain which either redirects to the original or shows a fake corporate portal. How could a random interviewee know whether john at strinlaicorp.com is real or john.s at strinlai.net is fake?
- jdw64 2mo agofter posting on the HN front page, I got way too many job scam contacts—all through Gmail, not official company emails.