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FillionMyMind

Just got an offer for a job through Indeed, but something seems a bit off to me... thoughts?

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So not even an hour ago, I got a message from a number I didn't recognize. Supposedly this is from a hiring manager who reviewed my application on Indeed and wants to set up an online interview as soon as possible. Right now I'd be willing to take just about any job, but there's a few things that seem off about this one:

  1. The first text I got was "Hello, I believe this is (INSERT MY NAME IN ALL CAPS HERE)?" Seems way too informal, and most offers I've gotten for interviews so far had pretty solid grammar and punctuation. Not so here.

  2. Got an email at exactly the same time as the text mentioning the same job offer, same suspect punctuation and all that. This one says the interview would be via Google Hangouts ASAP. Are job interview over Hangouts a common thing?

  3. I'm gonna double check now, but I'm pretty sure I don't even have my resume uploaded on Indeed, so idk where they'd have even seen it.

The company itself is real and has offices in my city, so there's that. It also has pretty solid reviews on Glassdoor. I don't wanna turn down a possible job right now, but I'm also not entirely sure if this is fishy or if I'm just being paranoid. Thoughts?

https://imgur.com/a/kFB1N

These are the texts and email I got.

Posted Aug 17, 2017, 7:28 PM UTC

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