Post by Alex K.

Another day… and the saga continues. It has been 59 years, nah, it’s only Day 7 of this rollercoaster, but it feels like decades. Grab a biscuit, chocolate, hummus with carrot sticks, tea, coffee… whatever you need for this one. Had a candidate, “perfect on paper” A new applicant came in. I thought, okay, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. FAANG background, strong contributions to well-known Web3 mobile projects, 9 year old LinkedIn with real engagement, Active on Discord, CV looked normal (not over optimised by AI) Honestly? Promising. We jump on the call. I start listing everything he’s done, contributions, projects, motivations. All sounding good… until the moment it didn’t. I asked: “Why do you want to leave your current company?” He said: “I want something more secure and stable.” So I clarified: “You’re aware this is Web3? Blockchain? Not exactly the definition of stable, right?”(We all know the drill, bull & bear market) He said yes, and that as a senior engineer he can “adjust,” he just needs “a stable environment.” At this point: red flags everywhere. So I asked one more question to check something: “Which market stage do you think we’re in right now? Bull or bear?” He answered: “We’re in the DEFI market.” I didn’t realise that was a market cycle, but here we are. To triple check, I asked him to accept my LinkedIn invitation. He said he lost access to his LinkedIn 2–3 weeks ago and is “trying to recover it.” Reminder: this is the same LinkedIn he actively uses daily, likes, comments, reshares. And just like that… another fake. This story will definitely be in my book: “How to Spot a Scam Candidate, Recruiter Diaries.” Because honestly… this saga might need a publisher soon