Story time. This happened last month. Just wanted to share this with others as this is the first time I experienced this. 

I applied to a job posting via OLJ for a Community Growth Manager role last month. Next day, this guy (the CEO) contacted me via WhatsApp (through a business WhatsApp number) telling me how he liked my application etc etc. 

I did a background check ofc and saw the company’s & the CEO’s LinkedIn profile. I checked the company’s website and saw that the number listed matched the number used to contact me via WhatsApp. I also saw that he has a number of Filipino employees. Naturally, I got excited since it looked legit and I really liked the job description of the role. 

At first, he was professional and asked me to send a video introduction which I did. He set a time for a virtual meeting then it started to get weird and become unprofessional which made me very uncomfortable (see the screenshots). 

He then sent me a follow request via IG which was a massive red flag cause why on earth would you want access to my social media account when I’m only just an applicant??? 

So obviously I declined to accept his follow request and told him I was uncomfortable sharing my social media at this stage of the application. He then sent me a voice message (na parang nasa treadmill pa siya which shows his lack of professionalism again) to tell me that he decided not to push through with my application which was definitely not a problem with me lol. 

2 days after, he sent a message again (see last screenshot) to ask if I was having 2nd thoughts or if I was just doing a “cheeky LinkedIn stalk” 🥴. Lmao I only checked out their LinkedIn profile nung day na I was talking to him via WhatsApp. He tried to call me a few hours after but I already had WhatsApp offloaded in my phone and just saw these today when I re-downloaded WhatsApp. 

So ayun just wanted to share my experience here since this guy is very unprofessional and weird. Idk what his deal is but I’m glad I dodged a bullet and finally landed a role na hindi ganto ung CEO. 

Anyone else have the same experience?

Anyone else experience this as an applicant? 🥴