I'd consider this a scam and certainly wouldn't consider doing any work for free for them.
- Gordon ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Roadnight Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] OT: Possible recruiting scam?? Hi All Just wanted some feedback on this. A few days ago I was sent an e-mail saying the following: Thank you for your interest in <company name>. After our first round of resume reviews, we are interested in moving you forward to our next round of evaluations. This is a significant accomplishment considering the competitive nature of this position, and the small number of candidates for a position that go to on - so congratulations! Then followed a series of questions about where I am, what time zone, do I have IM, rate ect. I have no idea who this company is and do not remember applying for any job in the US. Anyway, I replied answering the questions and asked about where they had heard of me and had I applied for a job or what. I've just got another e-mail from them completely ignoring my questions and saying this: Thank you for your interest in <company name>. After our second round of resume reviews, we are interested in moving you forward to our next round of evaluations, called the mini-test. Basically the mini test is a project spec that they want me to design, document and code in no more than 10 hours!!! Then I go onto interview. Does this sound a little dodgy to anyone else? I have no idea what the job description is that they refer to in the second e-mail, I have no idea of the rate they are offering and I never applied for the job! The fact that they haven't explained who they are and ignored my questions are a bit odd as well. As they are based in the US I think I'm going to leave it. With the exchange rate the way it is it woudl be very expensive for them to match my rate in the UK. Thanks -- Giles Roadnight http://giles.roadnight.name <http://giles.roadnight.name>
