Cracking interviews is a skill. While it is hard to cheat in an in-person interview, there have been numerous incidents of candidates cheating during virtual interviews. A video of a virtual interview from 2017, in which an interviewer caught a candidate lip-syncing to someone else answering on his behalf, has gone viral again.
In the video, only the interviewer's screen with the candidate is visible. The interviewer asks, "So, have you worked on any triggers in your experience?"
The candidate, who appeared caught aback by the question, answers, "Yeah," but his lips do not move after that, and we can hear someone answer the question. He attempts to lip-sync to the answer given by someone else on his behalf but fails terribly.
"Hold on! Hold on! I think it's not you who is speaking. Someone else is speaking here and you are just lip-syncing. I can also hear your voice, the candidate who is sitting right in front of me. I caught you! I clearly caught you, man! The other guy is talking and you are also speaking in your low voice," the interviewer says.
Sharing the video, an X handle @MallikarjunaNH wrote, "Lip syncing in the interview. Guess from which state this hard-working candidate belongs."
With over a million views, the video sparked an outpouring of responses. Many X users discussed their experiences with interview fraud.
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A user remarked, "I've seen many more faults in my life besides lip sync. One of my resources came to the United States but did not speak English. Basic English. It was difficult to communicate. Then there are people who charge $500 per interview to do the interview for you. People lack ethical standards."
Another user wrote, "When I took interview I got a couple of people like this and I caught them.
"They cheat mark sheets as well. Do everything to go to usa" a third user reacted.
Check the viral video here.
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