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by ethbr1 219 days ago
Same, albeit it seems like multiple people. Or at least someone who moves states.

It's bizarre though... who puts down an email address they don't own on a job application?!

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I recently wanted to introduce someone to our internal recruiters to a person with a long, uniqueish name. The recruiter was like: they did respond with „I’m not interested“. But the person was like: I’ve never got a mail.

Turned out the whatever tool our recruiter used spit out „first.lastname@gmail.com“ even though the person in question doesn’t own that email.

Interesting!

I've gotten a wide enough variety of stuff (mortgage paperwork, homeowners insurance, game service accounts) that some of it has to be organically entered, but that is a good note. Crazy that any system would be set up that way, but HR tech is a clusterfuck.

I am lastname.firstname@gmail.com, but I wouldn't be surprised if something similar is happening in some instances.