On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Aaron Toponce <[email protected]> wrote: > This needs to be shared, because I can't believe it happened. > > Just two nights ago, I got on the market looking for some new sysadmin > jobs. I came across a company advertising for your standard skills: BS > degree in computer science or related field, 5+ years experience, RHEL > certification a plus, etc, etc, etc. Reading over the candidate > requirements, and seeing the job description, it lookd good on paper. > > This company specified in data management solutions, so they seemed to be a > respectable tech company. Browsing around the site for a bit gave me the > feeling that the company was sizable, and probably had a good revenue > stream coming in. > > So, I clicked their link to follow through with applying. > > Frist off, I had to fill out an extensive application. It took me a good 30 > minutes to work through, and that's a big red flag for me. I bet this is a > company with a lot of red tape, micromanagement, paperwork, and just > general PITA. > > Second, it contained a link asking to submit my resumé. The link was dead, > complete with full JSP errors. Because it loaded a full, new page to upload > the resumé, I panicked thinking that when I clicked my back button, all my > data in the form fields was lost. Thankfully, my browser kept a cached copy > of it, and I was good to go. Immediately, I'm already questioning the > effectivness of management, and the efficiency of the employees. Do I > really want to work here? > > Lastly, I clicked "Submit". Immediately, all the form fields went blank. > Everything reset, as though I had landed on a fresh page. No confirmation > that it was submitted successfully. No network activity. Just a clean page, > waiting for me to start over. Curious, I launched Wireshark, filled in the > form fields with random data, re-sumbitted, and watched for caught packets. > Nothing. Nada. Zip. 30-40 minutes of valuable time, wasted. > > I had made up my mind: this is _clearly_ a company that I do not want to > work for. I picked up far too many valuabe insights, just by clicking > _one_ link. > > Long story short, you can tell a lot about the company, just by visiting > their job postings, and you should question every last step. > > -- > . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . > . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o > o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >
Maybe it was just a bogus job offering and all they want is your information. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
