Exasol is a global organization that looks to recruit and retain top class talent from around the world. As part of our recruitment process, we source candidates either directly through services such as LinkedIn or via approved third-party agencies. But regardless of the way in which we recruit our talent, we would never request money from candidates under any circumstances.
With this in mind, it’s recently come to our attention that unauthorised third parties have been conducting a scam in which they try to impersonate an agency working on behalf of Exasol, with the goal of deceiving candidates into paying for an illegitimate service. The candidates are informed of a job opportunity with Exasol, then asked to register on an app, and carry out a series of tasks with the potential for the individual to make financial gains. Candidates may be requested to login to a site or app that looks similar to this:
Please be aware that this site or app is illegitimate and not affiliated with or associated with Exasol or our official recruitment process in any way.
To help protect yourselves and your financial information, we’d like to inform you of the process we use to recruit candidates so that you can know whether you’re being targeted by this scam:
- Our job postings will always be available to view at https://www.exasol.com/careers/
- We don’t offer consulting services or the ability to make money via tasks. We only carry out recruitment for employees or contractors that work directly for us
- We will never ask for your financial information until the full interview process is complete and a formal job offer has been submitted and accepted.
- We will always carry out an interview process and no job offer will be made without the process being completed. The first interview may be carried out by an agency, but the second round will always be with an Exasol employee (Exasolian), using an @exasol.com email address
- Any tasks that you may be asked to carry out during the recruitment process will not be linked to any financial payment and/or gains.
- If you are asked to use an app that is not part of the Exasol.com domain (e.g. exasolapp.world), this is not a legitimate service
- Any requests for the following information are not legitimate:
- Requests that you make a purchase of any sort, with the promise of “reimbursement”
- Requests that you transfer any funds, particularly bitcoin or other crypto currencies
If you have been a victim of this scam, please contact your local authorities and your bank and follow their support processes for victims of fraud. In addition, for those based in the UK, please contact Action Fraud UK who are aware of the on-going scam.