Stopping candidate fraud with Persona's head of talent

Recruiters everywhere are seeing hundreds, if not thousands, of fake candidates, and it goes well beyond AI-polished resumes. Natalie, Persona's head of talent, talks with Michael, an account executive on Persona's Workforce Identity team, about what candidate fraud looks like from the recruiter's chair, why Zoom interviews and flying people on site aren't enough, and what changed after Persona added automated identity verification to its own hiring process.

In this conversation:

→ What fake applicants, interview fraud, and day-one "different person" swaps look like in practice
→ Why recruiters are being asked to act as fraud fighters
→ How identity verification can run in the background of and sync with applicant tracking systems
→ The impact on Persona's talent team

CHAPTERS

00:00 The earthquake that never happened

00:40 Introductions

01:00 What talent teams are seeing

01:28 How companies are responding

02:12 Why recruiters are now fraud fighters

02:43 How verification works inside the ATS

03:04 The impact on Persona's hiring process

SPEAKERS
Michael — Account executive, Workforce Identity, Persona
Natalie — Head of talent, Persona

Learn how Persona helps HR, IT, talent and security teams verify candidates: https://withpersona.com/solutions/candidate-verification

#CandidateFraud #FakeCandidates #HiringFraud #IdentityVerification #WorkforceIdentity #Recruiting