A recruiter has caught social media’s attention after sharing a video recording of a recent job interview where a candidate turned up with a real-time face filter to alter his appearance. Michigan-based Jason was hiring for a remote role when he came across the ‘crazy’ candidate who looked slightly suspicious from the beginning.
“My coworker noticed his glasses looked off, there was a second ghost frame smeared across his cheeks. He’d been running a live face filter the whole interview. In the now-viral clip, Jason can be seen stopping the interview and asking the candidate to simply wave his hand in front of his face. Jason proceeded to show him how to do the gesture, but the candidate, knowing he would be exposed, refused to do it correctly. “Could you do me a favour real quick? Would you put your hand in front of your face. Could you do that? Like I am doing right now. As the post went viral, social media users urged Jason to name and shame the candidate. “You should disclose the faker’s link. Why protect the privacy of a scammer? I’ll give him props for trying tho, lol. A third commented: “I’ve received a ton of emails from people requesting to use my github/likeness for a job and they’ll give me like half the pay. I’m sure some are trying to just scam me, but others are definitely trying to do this.
Recounting that it was the first ‘deepfake candidate’ he had ever interviewed, Jason said it was his colleague who first noticed the discrepancy in the candidate’s appearance. Like the old John Cena, You can’t see me,'” said Jason. Their privacy data could be fake as well,” said one user, while another added: “Desperate times call for desperate measures. A fourth said: “Nice catch, this is the second video I have seen where the you-can’t-see-me trick is used to catch the filter.”
