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?

Show context

dazzeloid ◴[02 Jul 25 21:39 UTC] No.44449134[source]▶

>>44448461 (OP) #

he's a really talented engineer, crushed our interviews. the funny thing was that he actually had multiple companies on his linkedin at the same time, including ours. we just thought they must have been internships or something and he never updated them (he felt a bit chaotic). but then it turned out he was working at all of them simultaneously.

worked for us for almost a year and did a solid job (we also let him go when we discovered the multiple jobs)

replies(5): >>44449220 #>>44449255 #>>44453662 #>>44467965 #>>44473285 #

the_real_cher ◴[02 Jul 25 21:55 UTC] No.44449255[source]▶

>>44449134 #

Why would you let him go if he was doing a solid job?

replies(6): >>44449394 #>>44449417 #>>44450584 #>>44451975 #>>44454050 #>>44473675 #

avmich ◴[02 Jul 25 22:15 UTC] No.44449417[source]▶

>>44449255 #

Yeah, this looks like a cargo culting. Don't need work, need the guy to belong only to them...

replies(3): >>44450718 #>>44454272 #>>44472683 #

cududa ◴[03 Jul 25 01:30 UTC] No.44450718[source]▶

>>44449417 #