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My state of mind at the time:

1. Not too well accustomed with the job hiring process
2. Got the flu the week I was hired
3. Brand new WORK ONLY EMAIL, only ever used on indeed. No one knows this email
   exists,
   which
   made me
   think low chance of scam
4. I trusted indeed that they actually audit employers before they let them post. I’d
   expect
   craigslist
   not to but
   indeed/linkedin? NOPE THEY DO NOT AUDIT/VERIFY EMPLOYERS? EDIT: I looked back at my
   job application history and it turns out I never applied here in the first place. Ohh the pitfalls
   of spamming resumes. Whoever got a hold of
   this email I can only assume came from indeed? Or something else I’m not aware of…
5. Less than 5 hours of sleep per day for past the week I was hired because of the flu and waking up at
   6AM
   PST
   to
   match their 9AM EST. Once I wake up, I often can’t fall back asleep.
6. I mass sent out applications on indeed that I sorta lost track of them! So used to
   getting ghosted, not to mention I was very busy.
7. STUPID busy in the middle of writing a big patch for my game, in the
   programming-zone, I wanted to
   get
   it
   done before I leave for work in case work was too heavy
8. Attitude: Ugh, just get this all done already, I’ll adapt to whatever situation arises but atm I’m
   on a bit of roll right now finally getting some headway on my game project. I’ll just try n dedicate
   at least an hour to brush up on some of their listed
   topics.
9. Looking forward to the job since I’ve never worked in software as a team, so I skipped half the
   interview questions relating to team dev(red flag I know but I thought it wasn’t a big deal, learn
   it on
   the
   job! Their company software dev reviews seem so nice)
10. Company Software Dev reviews were pretty
    nice and welcoming. Kinda weird they aren’t testing me at least a little on C# or w.e the
    job is
    requiring but I guess maybe this is why they have high reviews? Onboarding is easy and they treat
    software
    devs not as leetcode monkeys but as actual adaptable humans. Still very weird
    though….
11. I saw a ton of red flags in regards to grammar and spelling but brushed it off,
    maybe it was just some
    foreign
    recruiter, whatever, I make typos all the time
12. Can you even fake a check these days? Like no sane person would ever want to
    fake a
    $100 bill, all the
    green
    ink,
    cotton paper, watermarks, and being on the run is WAY too much. Surely we have as much advanced
    check
    counterfiet detection tech as we do the dollar check! Who would even risk it?! (We do but their fake
    check
    clears in 7
    days and they try to time pressure you)
13. Just watched a bunch of youtube interview vids where the #1 advice was to cut the middleman,
    go find
    the recruiters email directly! So I thought I got lucky that this recruiter is giving
    me their
    personal email. I also weirdly thought maybe they were hired as a contract recruiter or something?
    So ehh.. I didn’t even know job scams existed till now!
14. THEY COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER OPPERTUNITY TO SCAM SOMEONE GIVEN ALL THE REASONS
    ABOVE

The evidence list:

The email exchange:

Download the interview questions pdf. I skipped half the
questions
relating to team software dev and communicating in a team

JEST

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AutoNation Remote software engineer 12 messages

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JEST	30 November 2022 at 17:48
From: AutoNation . autonation@applyonlineworks.com via sender.zohorecruit.com
Good Evening A LASTNAME JEST Our company AutoNation received your resume and application in respect of our job posting for the position of a Software Engineer (Remote) posted on indeed and our website. https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Autonation/jobs?jk=c4ac1f45cdb27378&start=0&clearPrefilter=1 Base on your Experience, Happy to inform you that you’re among the applicants selected for an online interview on Thursday DEC 1st. The interview is scheduled for Thursday 12/01/2022 from 8AM EST to 4PM EST. You’re to contact the Corporate HR representative Marc Cannon Ap. On Email at ( aprylhtks@gmail.com ) to confirm and acknowledge the receipt of this email and to schedule your interview and confirm your availability for the interview. You are to be available on Email ASAP for the interview on Thurs, Your swift and timely response to this position matters a lot as the job interview starts between 8am to 4pm EST, Contact Marc Cannon Ap to let him know your Availability between this time. Have a great Evening. Looking forward to hearing from you. All the best HR TEAM AutoNation

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JEST	30 November 2022 at 17:48
To: aprylhtks@gmail.com
Hello! I am here to schedule my appointment I will be available starting 9 AM to 4PM tomorrow on 12/01/22.

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Marc Cannon	1 December 2022 at 05:57
To: JEST
Good morning, My name is Marc Cannon Ap (Aprylhtks@gmail.com) I’m using my secondary email callhrr@gmail.com for fast response… Thanks Thank you again for your interest in employment at AutoNation, We are recruiting via online potential employees who would eventually have an office space at home for Software Engineer – Remote. We have carefully considered your application during the initial screening and will now proceed to administer a Screening test/Interview for you. In order for us to move ahead with the selection process, please reply to this email to confirm your details as follows: Name : Phone Number : City and State Location: I will email you the Screening Test/Interview Questions as soon I receive your email with the above details. Thank you [Quoted text hidden]

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JEST	1 December 2022 at 09:24
To: Marc Cannon
Name: JEST Phone Number: MYPHONENUMBER City and State Location: SOMEWHERE [Quoted text hidden]