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

291 points jshchnz | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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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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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