#OpenToWork 2023 Electrical Engineering/Computer Science graduate looking for a job in control systems, engineer drafting, software dev or data science, ready to work in the Philly area or with relocation assistance
Hello, everyone! I'm back from a few days of applying to a job to find out it was a scam. So here are my tips if you find anything like this. Mind you, just because there are red flags, it doesn't mean that it's a scam, but in my case it was. 1. When someone emails you from a domain, don't just Google the company name because they often use names of real companies, but rather go to that domain preferably with JavaScript off in case the website has malware and judge for yourself if it's real. If I had done this from day 1, I would have saved myself some time. But here are some early red flags I caught on in order of biggest to smallest. 2. The role was vague, a generic "software engineer" role. No details on technologies used, or what the product is. 3. Very little to no contact information. In my case, the recruiter didn't even sign their names in the email. I knew his name because he introduced himself in the first email. He also would not tell me how interviews were conducted until just before the interview. 4. Badgering. You get multiple emails a day if you miss one. This is a sales technique called "sense of urgency": The idea is to get you to buy the product now because it won't be available later. 5. The job took way too quickly to decide that they wanted me, about 2 days of interviewing with no business days between steps. 6. Too high an offer. I got offered about a $160,000 salary for an entry position. That's possible, but I don't have enough details about the position to determine if it's reasonable. The last thing was that he asked for my address, which is where I stopped responding. This for me is always a sign that something is wrong. It could be used for identity theft or harassment. My previous experience is that jobs will only ask you for your address on your I9s and W2s. If someone is asking for your personal information, you have to be 100% sure they are who they say they are. I hope this helps someone.
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8moThanks for sharing this, in fact - really helpful to many, I believe