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Signs of scam job interviews

#1 · February 22, 2023, 6:12 pm

Quote from B on February 22, 2023, 6:12 pm
Hi Guys!
In the context of looking for work, there are going to be many fake job interviews.
As discussed in Transitioned's article, it's impossible to often tell the good ones from the fake ones, and one's just got to roll with it.
But it is possible to at least avoid the "scam interviews": the interviews set up by companies or entities that are just looking for "clients", and fake it as looking for "employees".
These companies look for resumes online, fake "recruiting people", set scam interviews in which they propose "door to door sales", or "commission sales", and then suggest that candidates prove their mettle by a trial period, during which candidates are encouraged to "sell" (for instance, coffee products), mostly to friends and relatives. And, of course, the trial period ends with "sorry, you didn't reach the objective / things changed / we can't hire you anymore".
These are some signs of these kinds of "job interviews":
the invitation to the interview is made in a rushed phone call;
the caller explicitly asks for the candidate's "interest" (to get commitment) and, if no verbal confirmation of interest comes, the interview is not going to be set;
the caller often subtly demeans the professionality of the "candidate": for instance, by calling him Sir or Madam + first name, instead of using title + last name;
the caller is reluctant to say what company he or she is calling from, and what are the details of the job: everything will be described in person;
but, if necessary, the caller will lie about the job title to match what the candidate is looking for (eg we're looking for an person in the "HR sector"), and then justify it later with really absurd arguments ("Well, we meant you were going to be in contact with people");
the caller is reluctant to mention the address where the interview will take place, and only gives a generic indication as the "area";
the caller mentions the "candidate" will receive an email or message with the details of the time and place of the interview;
sometimes the email or message point to a specific place and name a company (which has a totally unrelated name, and has been set up specifically for this kind of stuff);
other times the message mentions a place and specifies that, from that place, it is necessary to take several "steps" to reach the (different) place where the interview is to take place (I'm not kidding: things like "go there and ask about Mr. Smith").
Often, the callers that try to set these interviews are themselves paid (if they're paid) only by the number of interviews they are able to set. So they ultimately don't care about how they go about it.

Hi Guys!

In the context of looking for work, there are going to be many fake job interviews.

As discussed in Transitioned's article, it's impossible to often tell the good ones from the fake ones, and one's just got to roll with it.

But it is possible to at least avoid the "scam interviews": the interviews set up by companies or entities that are just looking for "clients", and fake it as looking for "employees".

These companies look for resumes online, fake "recruiting people", set scam interviews in which they propose "door to door sales", or "commission sales", and then suggest that candidates prove their mettle by a trial period, during which candidates are encouraged to "sell" (for instance, coffee products), mostly to friends and relatives. And, of course, the trial period ends with "sorry, you didn't reach the objective / things changed / we can't hire you anymore".

These are some signs of these kinds of "job interviews":

the invitation to the interview is made in a rushed phone call;
the caller explicitly asks for the candidate's "interest" (to get commitment) and, if no verbal confirmation of interest comes, the interview is not going to be set;
the caller often subtly demeans the professionality of the "candidate": for instance, by calling him Sir or Madam + first name, instead of using title + last name;
the caller is reluctant to say what company he or she is calling from, and what are the details of the job: everything will be described in person;
but, if necessary, the caller will lie about the job title to match what the candidate is looking for (eg we're looking for an person in the "HR sector"), and then justify it later with really absurd arguments ("Well, we meant you were going to be in contact with people");
the caller is reluctant to mention the address where the interview will take place, and only gives a generic indication as the "area";
the caller mentions the "candidate" will receive an email or message with the details of the time and place of the interview;
sometimes the email or message point to a specific place and name a company (which has a totally unrelated name, and has been set up specifically for this kind of stuff);
other times the message mentions a place and specifies that, from that place, it is necessary to take several "steps" to reach the (different) place where the interview is to take place (I'm not kidding: things like "go there and ask about Mr. Smith").

Often, the callers that try to set these interviews are themselves paid (if they're paid) only by the number of interviews they are able to set. So they ultimately don't care about how they go about it.

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