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Ask HN: How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs?

291 points jshchnz | 6 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 1.009s | source | bottom

Soham Parekh is all the rage on Twitter right now with a bunch of startups coming out of the woodwork saying they either had currently employed him or had in the past.

Serious question: why aren't so many startups hiring processes filtering out a candidate who is scamming/working multiple jobs?

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robswc ◴[02 Jul 25 21:22 UTC] No.44448998[source]▶
This is my question too.

I'm no longer job searching but every interview involved multiple steps and "background checks."

I'm seeing the dude's resume has him working half a dozen jobs in a year which even to me is a huge red flag. Then he has a github with automated commits... I don't want to be disparaging to start ups because its brutal out there but how does someone like that have such a high success rate? Is he taking a super low salary or something?

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1. deepsun ◴[02 Jul 25 22:33 UTC] No.44449555[source]▶
Background checks come in different varieties, usually it's criminal and global watchlist checks. Employment and education check is couple $$ extra for the employer, and some employers really don't mind.
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2. mistrial9 ◴[03 Jul 25 01:39 UTC] No.44450782[source]▶
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3. gk1 ◴[03 Jul 25 12:25 UTC] No.44454290[source]▶
It’s also possible to “freeze” your employment history report just like you can freeze your credit report. Which prevents even companies with the wherewithal to do an employment history check from getting that information.
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4. deepsun ◴[03 Jul 25 22:17 UTC] No.44459612[source]▶
Interesting, how do to that "freeze"? I thought it's all data brokers I don't have any leverage on.
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5. gk1 ◴[03 Jul 25 23:13 UTC] No.44459881{3}[source]▶
https://employees.theworknumber.com/employee-data-freeze
6. FireBeyond ◴[04 Jul 25 14:56 UTC] No.44465114{3}[source]▶
You have to do it via a mailed-in form, but I did, and got a confirmation letter back. I haven't assessed the efficacy of it, but supposedly mine is.