[peacemaker]

Absolutely! I made a comment in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32668694 just recently about this. My company hired a guy who passed their tests, yet the guy who joined us for work was barely able to move a mouse around the screen, let alone get stuck in as a "Senior DevOps Engineer".

After we finally fired him I did a little digging. His resume was very similar to 100's of others found across linkedin, a list of devops keywords basically. Almost all of the people he had "worked" with in a previous company had the same text and even looked very similar.

I'm pretty sure that the company gets these people in the door and they try to last as long as possible earning western senior dev salaries. Rince and repeat a few times a year and it probably earns them a decent amount.

[lazide]

It wouldn’t surprise me either if the candidate paid them for them to do it, with promises from them that he’ll be making tons of money from a clueless company.

Grifts like this usually take advantage of multiple parties.

[jxramos]

is it possible to include language in the contract that comes with a penalty for things that result in this? At the least a money back guarantee.