alt Hacker NewsA friend of mine got two such "fake" candidates for a coding interview. His experience reminded me of those "Nigerian Prince" emails from 20 years ago. These two gentlemen had western names (like "Brandon Smith") but Asian features and a tenuous grasp of spoken English; even though they claimed to have undergrad degrees from US universities. And he could tell they were looking at another screen to copy code from. After just a few minutes he realized what was going on, but continued the interview just to get the experience.
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hackable_sand • today at 5:49 PM
Nothing about that sound fake
Frankly sounds like many "real" candidates I've interviewed.
The tenuous grasp of spoken English despite a degree taught in English is also not unusual.
Setting aside the fraud for a moment (which is an insurmountable barrier to employeeing them).
To some extent I'd be satisfied if they actually had a degree and were productive. They obviously need good enough receptive and written English to work.
Especially if they are earning 5k per year as the title suggests.