How Candidates with Fake Experience Hack Hiring — and What to Do About It

In recent years, the IT market has been flooded with fraudulent candidates — those who don’t just embellish their CVs but artificially inflate their experience, presenting themselves as more senior professionals.

In this talk, I will explain why such candidates manage to pass HR filters and technical interviews, how exactly they disguise themselves, and what risks their hiring poses for a team.

Through real case studies, I will show how we uncovered these “cheaters” and how we reshaped our hiring process — from CV analysis to the work of technical staff on interviews. We will also discuss why an honest assessment system and a culture of learning are more important than the “perfect CV” — and how to build a hiring process where development is valued above the facade.