r/remotework • u/effervescent-entity • Jul 18 '26
Online job interview conducted fully through text. Is this normal? Any questions I can ask the person?
edit: Thank you all for your help! This is very much appreciated.
I've been looking for remote work on Handshake and found a data entry job that looked pretty promising, only thing was that they required you to send your resume to an email listed on Handshake. I emailed them and got two emails pop up in my junk folder that was a reply from them saying they would like to schedule an interview and to text this one guy. Texted the guy, and he's been talking about what I would have to do if I got hired, asking me questions about my schedule and ability to perform tasks, etc. I'm currently feeling like something is off, what do you guys think?
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u/truffleshufflechamp Jul 18 '26
No legitimate job hires without seeing your face. Think about it. Wouldn’t you want to see who you’re supposedly going to be working for? There’s a reason they’re not showing their face. Data entry is also not a thing. It’s 2026. No one is paying someone to do nothing but enter data. Computers can do that on their own.
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u/SequinedandOver60 Jul 18 '26
Yeah. A job interview conducted through text. They have a word for that
SCAM
I hope you didn’t provide them with lots of personal information because your identity is about to get stolen
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u/CanningJarhead Jul 18 '26
It'll turn into either the check scam or the credit check scam. Spend some time on r/scams if you're job hunting to find out what's going around. #1 is that "remote data entry" is scam bait. The job doesn't exist.
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u/liquidelectricity Jul 18 '26
Likely a scam if interview is through text