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I don't think it was just the resume inflation, it's the fact that he meticulously went out and created a number of fake individuals with fake references. That's not something a normal person does when looking for a job.

Beyond that, the back-channel check where he "wasn't a culture fit" becomes a lot more alarming once you learn that he went through that level of effort to lie to get the position. I had a boss like that at a previous job. He always had an answer, confident, well liked by the higher ups in the company. But a menacing sociopath to all of his reports. Calling employees on weekends, micro-managing, belittling. It took the entire team quitting for the company to realize its mistake.

And that was just some mid-level manager, not a VP of Engineering whose behaviour may impact the entire company.