So this was just ridiculous, but it’s a reminder of why some of these employers ask a lot of questions about your prior employment. So I’m a lawyer and so is my brother. I had my own practice for about eight years, switched to finance for a few years, now I’m back working at a law firm. My brother is a managing partner of his department. He got a résumé for a guy who claimed to work for me for three years. Only problem is, I have never heard of him and he certainly did not work for me.
He applied to a paralegal position at my brothers firm lol. My brother text me asking for a reference and I was like yeah that guy has never worked for me.
He sent me the résumé and it sounded like pure fiction, it wasn’t even the work that paralegals do and it sounded like ChatGPT
And funny cause I was on here recently advocating for people in here to embellish their resumes, doing so has definitely helped me get a job . but I would definitely never just fabricate that I worked somewhere .
The interview was already set, and it was like two hours after my brother text me. It was over teams. He did interview and then started to ask about his supposed employment at my firm. was just completely bullshitting him. I guess my brother asked him to look at his last name lolol. He said that he paused for like five minutes and was like oh you guys are related?? And he was like yeah that’s my brother. I guess he just went silent for like 10 seconds and then just hung up the call.Lolol