Duped & Recruited
5 Ways I’m Protecting Myself After My Job Scam Experience
I assumed no scammer would waste their time on a long, complicated interview process, not realizing I was being groomed as a victim for over five hours.
For almost two weeks, I had tempered my expectations. “It’s between you and one other candidate,” they’d told me. “We’ll call next Monday by six o’clock with our decision,” they’d told me.
Most people would be thrilled with 50/50 odds, but as six o’clock came and went, I wasn’t sure what to think anymore.
Then finally at 6:37, my phone rang.
“Hi Dane, it’s Lance from Honor,” a man said. “I’m sure you know why I’m calling.”
Note to self, I thought: Watch their LinkedIn page for one of those ‘meet our new recruit’ posts so I can maybe figure out what the other candidate had that I didn’t.
“Well, I won’t draw this out any longer — after careful consideration, we’d like to offer you the role of Creative Director.” I accepted, dumbfounded at my uncharacteristically good luck, and was told to expect an onboarding call from someone on their HR team.
