Strategies for faking references for job interviews

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I've found that I have 1 less reference than my prospective future employer would like for an upcoming interview. What would you do? Surely honesty isn't the best answer in a situation like this?

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmmm, there should be a service, like the ones that used to provide fake term papers or urine samples...hmmm, anyone want to go into business?

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i need to know this soon. i don't trust my previous employer's reference.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Give a reference that won't pick up the phone. Just use a friend's name & number, but tell them to act too busy to take the calls.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Can you just get a fellow co-worker to give it to you? My officemate gave me a reference last week, and said she was a "Senior Account Coordinator" (she is just an Account Coordinator, not anything Senior) to give an air of a managerial type.

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Mandee's advice is sound. That's usually what I do.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

It's mostly because I don't trust my boss as far as I could throw her.

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I had the same situation with my last boss.

But today I am in the weird situation of calling people to set up job interviews. I really don't know if I should be in charge of anything.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, just use someone anyone you know at a previous job to give a reference for you like Mandee said. Otherwise just leave it blank. It's not worth fucking around with.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

The first step is to post a publicly-searchable thread on a message board, preferably under your real name, about how you are looking to defraud potential employers.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

That's right, Stanfields are a distinctly Canadian brand of underpants.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost - be sure to not mask the email address you sent your resume from, too.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I was sure someone might wrongly assume Stan Fields is my real name and not the name of my underwear of choice. I should have mentioned that. Oh well.

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.vintageskivvies.com/art/archives/packaging/03gallery/stanfields01s.jpg

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone told me that "these days" all references are pretty nice, and giving poor references isn't really done. I'm with dog latin though, in not trusting my previous employer's reference at all.

― Richard K (Richard K), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I am told that you cannot actually get a bad reference. Nobody here bothers to check mine because they're all in the UK.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Jobhunting Scam Strategies

I once started a similar thread, in the sense that it was about approximately the same subject and had the word 'strategies' in the title.

No-one seemed too keen on swapping fake references, so I didn't bother getting a job, in the end.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

One thing thats probably not wise is to give a referee that wont be contactable. Ive seen people delay or cancel a hiring decision based on not being able to speak to a referee before.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Where I work, every reference you list gets called, and if one can't be reached, the interview never happens.

Probably not common, but something to keep in mind. Is it really that bad to only have one reference on hand?

― Augustine (Augustine Bearse), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

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