I have been looking for a job for a while now- specifically one in the financial field that I could add to my resume. After a long while of looking, I was open to almost anything that remotely had to do with business.

A stumbled upon a post on the Baruch Class of 2021 page. A girl said that her company was looking for students to fulfill their job openings for “financial representatives” and that no experience is required. As soon as I saw the post, I was eager to message her. After giving her my phone number, she told me her “manager” will contact me. This is when it started to feel weird… her manager called me and was very informal. He wanted to meet with me right away.

When we met, I immediately realized that this guy was not her manager; they are a couple that both work at the company together. He began to describe the job to me, which was a super long explanation- almost an hour and a half long. The job itself is built upon a pyramid scheme, which is probably why he was so eager to meet with me. I was fine with the method at first, but after speaking to my dad at home, I realized that the job is probably not a good fit for me.

During the interview, I had to pay for a background check, and they could not give me a refund for that. Despite the fact that I did not even start working with the company, I lost money by going to this “interview”. The interview was just an attempt to recruit me so that they could make more money. From this, I learned to research job positions more before agreeing to do an interview. Even though I researched it briefly, it seemed that the company flooded fake reviews on indeed.