A Russian citizen who had previously fraudulently received an offer (UPD)tried to get a job in a Ukrainian IT company

A fake candidate, probably from Russia, tried to get a job in a Ukrainian IT company. The man identified himself as Ernest Trachuk and noted that he was originally from Zaporozhye, and claimed a Senior position. However, it turned out that a person with this first and last name had previously tried to get an offer from a Belarusian company and said that he lived in Uzhgorod. Then the deception was discovered by the Belarusian HR department.

From his own source, DOU learned exactly how the man who called himself Trachuk tried to get a job again, this time in a Ukrainian IT company.

Updated on 04.07.2022 at 15:42

On July 4, A man named Ernest Trachuk contacted the DOU editorial office. He confirmed that it was really his name by providing us with a photo of his driver's license. Data on the place and date of birth coincide with those indicated in the candidate's resume. However, Ernest Trachuk, who wrote DOU, claims that he has nothing to do with IT and has not heard about the employment scheme.

DOU will continue to monitor the situation.

April edition dev.by he told the story of how a Russian was passed off as a Ukrainian to get a job in the Office of a Belarusian company in Vilnius. The candidate, who introduced himself as Ernest Trachuk, went through several interviews, received an offer, and even got a job. The man said that he was originally from Ukraine, lives in Uzhgorod. However, all this turned out to be untrue.

In fact, the person who came out to work was from Russia, did not know who conducted the interview, all correspondence was conducted not with him. Presumably, Ernest was invented by an outstaffing agency, whose representatives were interviewed and negotiated on the offer.

DOU learned from his own source that recently the story of the candidate, who introduces himself as Ernest Trachuk, was repeated. A person with this name tried to get a job in a Ukrainian IT company.

A technical interview with the Ukrainian company was conducted by consultant Alexander (who wished to remain anonymous). He told DOU that at first everything went as usual: HR handed over the resume, set an interview date. However, the consultant found it suspicious that HR warned that the conversation would be in Russian.

"Recently, there have been many interviews in English with Turks and Azerbaijanis, as well as in Russian with Georgians and Belarusians, so I didn't pay attention. Although it is really suspicious that a Ukrainian, even from Zaporozhye, insists on an interview in Russian," says a DOU source.

Before the interview, he decided to look for additional information about the candidate, who gave his name as Ernest Trachuk, and saw an article on dev.by it turned out that the resume was almost identical, except that the place where the candidate came from changed— not from Uzhgorod, but from Zaporozhye. However, they decided not to cancel the interview, but to check whether the person is really not who he claims to be.

Allegedly, Ernest joined the conversation without a camera — as in the case of the Belarusian company. The candidate successfully answered technical questions, but when the consultant casually noticed that he himself graduated from Zaporozhye National Technical University, like the candidate, and asked to remember the name of the head of the Department, Ernest could not name him. He said he didn't remember.

"Among the additional factors, in addition to the University, he was alerted by his specialty — "finance and credit" — and one or two places of work. I can't think of anyone without a special education who is so good at talking about complex data structures. In our country, even the Lords "collapse" on these issues because of a friend, and here the financier speaks freely on this topic," the source adds.

If not for the name that was already "lit up" in the previous investigation, it is likely that he could even get an offer, the consultant believes. But, despite the fact that the candidate had the declared level of knowledge, he was immediately eliminated within the company.

It is difficult to say unequivocally whether Ernest Trachuk exists. A person with this name is on Facebook and Instagram, but it is not known whether it is the same person. But he doesn't have a LinkedIn profile.

If we assume that Ernest's candidate does not exist, but was issued and sold by an outstaffing company, then first of all it benefits. This scheme is similar to the one in which Juns are employed in the Senior position. The agency asks to interview strong developers, to whom the companies offer an offer. However, in fact, another person comes to the office, whom the agency asks to impersonate the conditional Ernest. Since the interview was conducted without cameras and the work has recently been mostly in a remote format, the scheme may work.