America’s Best Remote Workers Might Be North Korean

The job interview was off to a strange start. The man on camera seemed nervous, constantly glancing offscreen and fumbling through his responses. Then without warning, a new device joined the meeting—off camera, but displaying the same name as the interviewee. This mysterious newcomer began answering the hiring manager’s questions as the original candidate remained on the call, silently mouthing along to the words like a ventriloquist’s dummy.