A man identified only as Lucius took to social media with a story about how he was perplexed after noticing that a new hire at his company was not the same person he interviewed for the position and hired, but no one else on his team seemed to notice. Apparently, Lucius was part of a team who interviewed several candidates for an open position in their company. He did most of the interviewing, while his fellow managers worked on their projects, half-listening. Lucius said he normally wouldn’t mention ethnicity or physical characteristics, but it’s relevant in this case. The man he interviewed was Guatemalan and had a slight accent. Physically, he was average height and had black hair. Everyone agreed that the man was the best candidate, and he was hired. On the day the new hire — we’ll call him John — was scheduled to start, Lucius stopped by his office to say hello, but when he got there, he saw a tall white man with wavy brown hair. The name plate on the door had John’s first and last name on it, so he asked the man if John was in, assuming the man was the IT person helping set things up. The man said HE was John, and then said, “It’s great to see you again, Lucius.” Lucius was surprised because he hadn’t introduced himself. Lucius also noticed that the man clearly had a midwestern accent. Lucius ran into his boss shortly after and said, “This doesn’t seem to be the guy we interviewed.” His boss responded, “You’re a quick judge of character, but time will tell if you’re a good one,” and then laughed and walked away. No one else seemed to notice that the man in the office was a completely different man than the one they interviewed and hired. Now Lucius is confused and not sure how to bring it up to HR. Lucius even went to John’s LinkedIn page and the profile is the white guy in the office, but his cover photo is the Guatemalan flag. Needless to say, all kinds of comments came in when the post was put on social media. Is there any ending to this story? Not so far — it remains a mystery.
