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(He said he chose a woman's name because he thought it would make it harder for the fake resume to be traced back to him.) He wanted to test whether there's any truth to the notion that where you work and where you went to school really do make all of the difference.

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He started this little job experiment with a fake resume because he and his software engineering friends have always had a tough time securing interviews, even when they send hundreds of applications.

The person who posted this resume is a software engineer, and he does live somewhere in the United States, but Protocol agreed to keep him anonymous for fear of retaliation from his current employer and future job prospects.

When I called her on Monday, a deep male voice answered the phone. The only problem is that Angelina Lee doesn't exist. Lee added qualifications such as 'Team coffee maker - ensured team of 6 was fully caffeinated with Antarctican coffee beans ground to 14 nm particles' and achievements like 'Connected with Reid Hoffman on LinkedIn' as bullet points and continued getting requests for interviews from Robinhood, Dropbox, Airtable and more. Angelina Lee, a Bay-Area based software engineer with a stacked resume of top jobs at Instagram, Zillow and LinkedIn, had no problem getting interviews at Reddit, Airbnb, Atlassian and other well-known tech companies.