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Scammer vibes

What's the most you've ever lied in a job interview?

 

Now that remote work is here to stay and remote interviewing along with it, would you let someone else do your job interviews for you? Employers, how worried are you that the person you hired to do remote work is the person actually doing the job? And is that fine — as long as the job gets done?

 

Check out yesterday's story on interview scams below, then let us know by replying to this email or sending a note to , now or any time.

 

— Technical.ly reporter Donte Kirby

 


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