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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;145&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; src=&quot;http://media.charleston.net/img/photos/2009/04/09/job_interview2.JPG&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;Unemploymentality&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; continues to be a source of light-hearted job search inspiration, but &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Tania Khadder&#39;s post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; earlier today was the first one that left me staring at the monitor completely miffed. The short version: Guy sees a job he loves and is perfect for, naturally wants to nail the application and agonizes over how to do so before coming up with the following (potentially unprecedented) solution:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;So what did he do? He got creative. He posed as a comparable employer and posted a comparable job opening online. He asked applicants to send a resume, cover letter and salary their requirement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;He got dozens of &quot;applications&quot; from poor, unsuspecting job-seekers. His little ruse allowed him to gauge his competition, and to identify an appropriate salary range. With this newfound omniscience, he applied for the job. And guess what&amp;#8230; he got it.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Good on you for getting the job, but is this even legal? Tania poses the same question, although she&#39;s so impressed by the guy&#39;s effectivenes that the outrage she wants to feel never quite comes through. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;To tell you the truth, I feel sort of Ron Burgundy about this one myself. &quot;You posed as a fake company? And you got the job? How&#39;d you do that? Heck, I&#39;m not even mad -- that&#39;s amazing.&quot; Alright, so I&#39;m a little mad -- he could have easily consulted Vault&#39;s vast database of company research, salary surveys and career advice -- but I&#39;m more amazed that A. This tactic actually worked, and B. That nobody has thought of this before. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;I look at it this way. The guy didn&#39;t lead anyone to believe they were actually going to get a job from his fictitious company, so in that sense it&#39;s no harm, no foul. His actions were definitely deceptive, but certainly no worse (by a longshot) than some of the shady tactics that helped bring about the current economic mess. In the end, he did what we&#39;re always telling you to do as a job seeker -- find a way to think differently and stand out from the crowd. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;To that end, I&#39;ll pose the same question put forth by the original post: What other crazy things have you done (or heard of other people doing) to land an interview or a job? Which so-unbelievable-you-couldn&#39;t-have-possibly-made-it-up tactics actually work?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;It&#39;s Crazy, But It Got Him The Job&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; [Unemploymentality]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;--Posted by Steven Schiff, Assistant Producer Vault.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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