This is insane! From the article:<p>"Watch out for lip sync. Yep, not kidding. Some candidates will have a voice call going on with their accomplice who will be listening and answering the question while the onscreen candidate tries to lip-sync or hide their mouth when talking."
I can vouch that these behaviors occur, I’ve experienced a couple of them. Camera on, live (not photo) image verification and single connection to the shared sessions are a must. Pre-Covid, it was galling to determine that the interviewee passing the phone screen and the interviewee failing the in-site were two different people.
I don't have a LinkedIn profile picture specifically because I don't want to get extra advantage for my race+gender. Is that going to be an issue for me going forward?<p>> In 2021, everyone has a LinkedIn account now, especially in the US. Check for candidates' LinkedIn profile links and check their profile pictures. If there is no profile picture, that's a red flag. (explained later why)
To me the fact that these types of scams are fairly routine means that you can't sign any kind of medium or long term contract without actually working with the person for a short term first. Start with authorizing an hour of work, then a day.<p>I actually think this type of thing is another reason to completely avoid fixed fee contracts.
Why all this is really extreme I can't help but wonder if the candidate can recruit someone to pass an interview for them can't they also recruit that person if they're stuck on some task once they are hired?
> Candidates that cheat are often coming for the contracting roles. That's likely because full-time employees get a background check and that deters candidates from cheating, but contractors usually don't go through same rigrous checking.<p>I must work with a great contracting agency, then -- their vetting process is more rigorous than what almost every direct hire process I experienced entailed.
<< If there is no profile picture, that's a red flag.>><p>This is completely ridiculous...
Did this guy ever heard about the concept of privacy?<p>But also, if you do a lot of things suggested in this article, that would be a red flag for me as a candidate.<p>Like asking to take a screenshot of my face to compare later...