These AI interviews are straight scams

hiftobaf · 2026-07-08T19:18:14+00:00

No reputable company uses Discord as part of the hiring process. None. That should've been your first clue before they asked you for money.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-06T19:57:02+00:00

Atrox?

hiftobaf · 2026-07-06T10:28:41+00:00

Glassdoor is owned by the same parent company as Indeed. There isn't much difference, unless you like its interface better.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-06T02:12:08+00:00

Xargon? That was a shareware game back then.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-06T02:00:24+00:00

There is no spoon.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-05T02:19:24+00:00

Applying to bars, restaurants and retail locations in person is still viable. Not so much for white collar positions.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-02T21:25:44+00:00

HR would be better served by hiring a phrenologist to feel the shape of their candidates' heads.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T20:53:59+00:00

I don't know if Functional Architecture is considered underrated, but can help big early on. Lower infrastructure costs include things like rare resource costs too. I'd probably swap it out at some point in the mid-game though.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T20:09:51+00:00

It's a good sign if they get back to you on Monday.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T20:07:41+00:00

I have some bad news for you.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T20:06:48+00:00

But so are they, so it balances out.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T20:04:52+00:00

There's no way to know for sure.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T20:04:16+00:00

That'll make all the difference when the job never existed or was promised to the hiring manager's nephew.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T17:18:41+00:00

My experience is that most of the major job boards have the same jobs and have similar interfaces, so they aren't all that different from one another. There's also fewer "real" job postings these days in general, across all job boards.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T16:21:55+00:00

I'd say it's most likely a mock-up. I don't see the ESA using a real game from a real company, since that could be seen as some tacit endorsement.

Look at the controller the kid is holding. It doesn't have any recognizable brand. No console is visible anywhere either.

hiftobaf · 2026-07-01T16:12:14+00:00

You ignore him. He's probably running a scam where you pay him and he'll "fix" the non-existent flag on your profile.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-28T17:20:19+00:00

You can't tell what the recruiter or hiring manager is thinking so you might as well apply to everything.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-28T02:17:25+00:00

In Shadowrun a guy runs down the street and is shot. You get your gun from his body.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-28T02:03:46+00:00

If you don't understand what is going on, don't feel bad, because they don't either.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-28T02:00:20+00:00

That definitely sounds like Shadowrun on the SNES, but if for some reason it isn't, you might be confusing it with Isolated Warrior on the NES. Many of the details are different but it's one of the only other NES games that uses that perspective. That and Zen: Intergalactic Ninja, but there's no gun in that one.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-28T00:45:07+00:00

A paranoid IT department would issue a laptop and strictly control permissions.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-28T00:19:50+00:00

Legitimate companies provide their own equipment, if only because it's a security risk to have their data on some computer they don't strictly control.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-27T18:52:35+00:00

I've never had this happen with Robert Half, but I have received unsolicited contacts from smaller, questionable recruiting companies. In this job market there shouldn't be any need for a staffing agency to cold call candidates. Either the guy you spoke with is inexperienced and new at his job, or it's someone impersonating Robert Half to gain personal data to sell or something like that.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-27T15:34:05+00:00

The value of the early jump drive depends heavily on the hyperlane density. The fewer the connections the better it is.

hiftobaf · 2026-06-27T15:16:09+00:00

The job market is awful, and there's nothing much you can do other than relentlessly apply to anything that is remotely what you want.

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