How to check if a recruiter is legit

Search the exact job title plus company on the official careers site. If only third-party boards list it, ask for a video call with a hiring manager and a written job description on company letterhead.

Start with the email domain, because it is the hardest thing to fake and the easiest to check. A recruiter at a company writes from that company’s domain. Free-mail addresses, near-miss domains that swap a character or add a hyphen, and unrelated domains that merely put the company name in the display field are all the same finding.

Then check the person against the company rather than against themselves. A profile can look complete and still be new. What matters is whether the company’s own careers page, team page or applicant tracking system knows this person and this role.

Watch what the process asks of you. Legitimate recruiters ask about your experience, availability and expectations. They do not run the entire process over chat, they do not need bank details to schedule an interview, and they do not ask you to install software so they can pay you.

Verifying takes about five minutes and is worth doing before you send a resume, because a resume alone is enough material for a convincing follow-up impersonation. If anything does not line up, contact the company through a channel you found yourself rather than replying to the message.

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