Frontend Developer Mykola S. shared a non-trivial recruiting story: in a minute, five different people contacted him offering the same vacancy.
Frontend Developer Mykola S. shared a non-trivial recruiting story: in a minute, five different people contacted him offering the same vacancy.
«The situation is extremely interesting: in one minute I received requests from five different people, all offering the same vacancy. Four of them are the same, one removed the sentence with the company name. The stack is 90% what I have in my profile, the fork is noticeably higher than the market, but not so much that you could say it’s unrealistic,» he said .
The developer answered the first of the recruiters and immediately received a call. «In addition to the typical questions, they ask me to upload a copy of my documents, otherwise we won’t move forward. I say, 'Okay, I’ll think about it.' Five minutes later, another call, a new, better-placed voice says that he is the company manager, and they urgently need a copy of my passport to continue moving forward with the vacancy. I’m not okay with such haste and pressure, so our communication is over,» Mykola said.
He added that he does not rule out the authenticity of the vacancy and the special style of work of the recruiting agency. «I googled the company, and in the reviews on Google they write that they are not satisfied with the quality of the computer equipment they bought from them, which means that the company not only recruits, but also sells hardware,» the developer noted.
He asked if anyone else had encountered similar demands from recruiting.
In the comments, most IT people believe that such an offer is a scam.
UI/UX Designer Kateryna Rybalchenko notes that a copy of your passport is usually requested at the registration stage. «It’s like a divorce. Make sure that you don’t get loans from financial institutions later,» she warns.
«This is what Indians often do,» notes Frontend Developer Oleksandr Shtonda .
«Verification was requested twice, but not by sending a passport photo, but through special companies that check you for sanctions and other points. They have bases where they are waiting for you. There was a case when a customer from the USA — the security department checked me twice and my documents too. But not in the way you described,» said Software Engineer Serhiy S.
«As a recruiter, I declare that your documents are needed in the event of an offer, and that is when you have already signed a contract, so in no case do not provide your data. Especially if you have only communicated with the recruiter, even without a technical interview,» warned IT Recruiter Victoria S.
«What a swindler. Documents are only needed at the stage of applying for a job. Right now they will take the data, the phone number is already there, they will say that it needs to be verified, here is a link, or you will receive a code, you need to tell it… And then a few months later a collector will call and say that you have a debt on the loan,» suggests Android Developer Yevgeny Maslak.
