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Been through this 3 times in the last 6 months. They're getting better. Very credible LI profiles, code looks OK if you only take a glance... The bell start rin
by dantodor 3mo ago
Been through this 3 times in the last 6 months. They're getting better. Very credible LI profiles, code looks OK if you only take a glance... The bell start ringing when they insist you to run locally their sh*t
- blablabla123 3mo agoSimilar for me. One was for an overly very well paid position. I always run (p)npm audit before running npm repos, so lots of issues were found. I tried to fix them but I would have gone over the time limit. So I asked the recruiter about it and if it makes sense to run it in an isolated VM. No answer... The other was for a DevEx crypto service. While I was very suspicious the code looked okay but the recruiter was strange and changed their profile to a different person eventually. I think this was a crypto stealing scam though since it required connecting to a wallet. I don't have any crypto though, so I might be okay for now. Although reinstalling my system clean would be the only sure way in theory...
- vidarh 3mo agoThe big red flag should be giving github access before signing any contracts.
- friendly_chap 3mo agoThey mostly use public repositories though.
- vidarh 3mo agoYeah, but that should also be a red flag.
- 1dontnkow_ 3mo agoYeah at least when you interview locally in your areas, you get to meet them before you get a random test assignment. But also online, once or twice I received these Leetcode style sites to register and do a few tests before we meet, which was weird for me and I just ignored it. One of them later asked "Why I didn't have time to do it yet" and I told them I first meet people and check the fit before I do tests, like who the hell does that differently? Hope it hasn't become a way more common thing.