HAMID AFGHAN-OWNED AAI ENGINEERING OF BEAVERTON, OREGON, CAUGHT USING FAKE JOB INTERVIEWS FOR FREE CONSULTING

Folks, we have uncovered another structural engineering firm using a job posting to get free engineering ideas.  This firm claims to have really good engineers but do they really?  As you will find out today, that fake firm is AAI Engineering of Beaverton, Oregon.  That’s right, folks!  AAI is short for Afghan Arrogant Idiot.  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot.

Here is how this scam happens.  Hamid Afghan, the founder of AAI Engineering, posted an ad for a Structural Engineer at his company.  So the candidate applied for it.

Then Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot contacted this person about a future Project Manager position at his firm.  Hamid discussed what this person would be tasked with doing.  The candidate felt really excited about the company and the position.

During the interview, when Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot was discussing the position, he refused to discuss the salary for the position.  Folks, this is a red flag because there is most likely no position to begin with.

After the interview, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot requested the person’s references, work samples, and plan review checklists.  This candidate thought (s)he had the position.

The candidate sent Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot a list of references that included fellow structural engineers, city building officials that reviewed the candidates work, a contractor the person was working for, and a state plan reviewer.  Folks, guess what happens next?  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot sends this email.

 Now why would AAI Engineering want to share work samples?  The candidate did not know what to specifically look for.  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot requested the candidate’s plan review checklists.  There is one problem with this request:  (1) the candidate has checklists scattered all over the place; and (2) the candidate told Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot (s)he had PDFs of the standards.  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot became upset with this request not being met.

It is fitting that during the interview, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot projected onto the candidate when the candidate mentioned the issue of fake job interviews.  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot insisted to the candidate (s)he was interviewing the wrong people.  Guess that includes himself then!

 We also want to address the issue of Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot not knowing whether the candidate really did structural engineering.  Let us break down this claim of his.  This candidate does have a California Structural Engineer license.  In order to perform structural engineering in the state of California, you need to have experience in the following:

 designing with wood, concrete, steel & masonry.

·        designing with wind and seismic forces

·        designing framing systems

·        designing foundation systems

·        application of building codes

·        designing multi-story buildings

So why did Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot not figure this out?  Even worse, the applicant’s resume contained the California Structural Engineer license number.  So why did Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot not go to the state’s website and check that number out?  Because Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot is an idiot, folks!  Just imagine what it would be like to work for Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot.

If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot cannot figure out what goes into the license of a structural engineer, would you trust him to hire the right one?  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot might as well go down to Florida and get an engineer with a fake diploma.  In Florida, people can pay $100 for a fake structural engineering degree and fake structural engineering license.

Also, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot did not graduate from the top of his class at Portland State University.  You may want to check the Tau Beta Pi member roster.  We did and his name does not appear in it.  This means Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot was not at the top 10% of his engineering class at Portland State University.  The candidate he interviewed with was.

Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot insisted the candidate email PDF samples of engineering designs that were done.  There is one big problem with that, folks.  The candidate did not know what specific designs Hamid wanted to review.  Also, the candidate has had plenty of experiences where companies requested these sample designs only to have the position mysteriously cancelled.  For all the candidate knows, the position may not be legit because Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot could use the candidate’s work and pass it as his own.  The candidate recommended an online session where the screen could be shared with Hamid.  The candidate did contact the receptionist to make sure AAI Engineering had this capability before suggesting it.  If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot had any questions on the candidate’s work, these issues could be answered in real time.  See the emails below.

You can tell Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot was becoming agitated.

The candidate gave Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot access to the website of the online portfolio.  It was already in the candidate’s resume.  It is publicly available.  If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot was going to ask that candidate about their work, wouldn’t it make sense to ask about it through the contents of a website?  Of course it would!  But if you are Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot, you resist that idea!  The reason Hamid resists that idea is because he did not originate it himself!

Instead of arranging the online interview, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot cancelled the candidacy of the candidate.  Based on Hamid’s actions, he is evil Noah Levenstein.  Folks, look at Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot and the actor who plays him.  They are similar.  The actor is Eugene Levy from the American Pie movies in case you didn’t know.

Folks, why would Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot go another direction?  Because he did not get what he wants.  When Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot says he wants to go another direction, he means he is doing the exact opposite of designing safe and economical structures.

Folks, you need to realize what Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot bills himself as may be fraudulent.  According to his website, he bills himself as creative.  How does that work when Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot is using interviews for free consulting and requesting their sample designs in PDF form?  If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot is creative, why does he need plan review checklists from people he is interviewing when he supposedly has done this for years?  Guess that 2+ decades of experience really isn’t what he says it is, folks.  Also, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot has never heard of Google or else he would have found some.  And he could not name the cities where he has done third-party review.  For all we know, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot is using fake experience to get jobs for himself and his firm.

And to top it off, he is so lazy Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot could not even walk down to the building department where he is located to get some plan review checklists.  Here is a map of his office and the building dept. marked by 12725 SW Millikan Way.

 

Check out what Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot bills his firm as to potential clients.

 

Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot does not use creative function because he is too busy using interviews for free consulting.

Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot cannot perform sustainable design because he is too busy using job interviews for free consulting. Guess is idea of sustainability is finding an endless supply of interviewees interviewing for his fake jobs.

As for structural performance, Hamid uses job interviews to increase his performance at the applicant’s expense because he has no real structural engineering positions to begin with.  If he does this now, what makes people think he will not do it again?  The answer:  we have no guarantee of this happening again.  Based on what he has done with this candidate, he may have been doing this strategy for years.

Now why is Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot doing this, folks?  Let us count the ways:

·        Fake job postings like the ones posted by AAI Engineering exist so that AAI Engineering can gauge the current talent pool.  What better way to assess how in-demand a position is than to post an advertisement to fill that same position? The number of applications can be a valuable pointer on what to pay a person for a given job.  It also is an indicator of how easy that person is to potentially replace.  Guess AAI Engineering thinks all their employees are replaceable.  You can thank Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot for that.

 ·      Fake job postings exist so that AAI Engineering can get a back-up for your position and keep resumes on file. Since we already know that every job is temporary, an enterprising employer like AAI Engineering might be stockpiling talent in case you make a sudden exit, or, are asked to make an exit.   Translation:  AAI Engineering may have high turnover.

·        Fake job postings at AAI Engineering exist so that they can copy you. Resume plagiarism is prevalent. You need only search “resume template” or a variation to see the thousands of samples floating around on the Web.  Some shady cats have been known to take to sites like Craigslist and post a phony job within their field. This gives them access to dozens of resumes that they can copy at will and make their own. We wonder whether AAI Engineering is using this technique to branch into other types of work.  What better way to get work than to steal someone’s resume, claim that person works for AAI Engineering, and then try to get work for the firm.  You can thank Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot for potentially earning a place in career hell.

 ·       AAI Engineering may be using this process to fire employees that may be deemed too costly and/or cutting into their profits.  AAI Engineering then interviews potential candidates at places away from their office so that potentially terminated employee has no idea what is going on.  The trouble is that person finds out and tells everyone they know how bad the company is.  Why would anyone want to work for someone like that after hearing this story?  If AAI Engineering did this to one employee, they can do this to a lot more people.

The only way Hamid’s recruiting and interviewing would be any grosser is if they had Bill Cosby, Nigel Farage, Phil Spector, Alex Jones and Donald Trump on the same panel whether it be Skype or in person.

Folks, if Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot lies about his engineering positions, what else does he lie about?  Let us count the ways:

·        If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot got into a car accident, would you expect him to tell the truth about it?  If his interviews are an indication, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot would lie to the police officer’s face.

·        If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot was involved in the claim with his insurance company and his errors and omissions insurance company, would you expect him to be truthful to the insurance company?  Of course not!  Remember, he is not truthful to people he interviewed with!

·        If Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot was involved with a construction issue, would you expect Hamid to be truthful about that?  Of course not!

People out there think there is nothing they can do.  Well, folks, you are completely wrong about that.  There is something you can do.  For example, you can force the people who do business with them that you will decide not to elect them.  This includes city public works departments like the cities of Lake Oswego & Beaverton.

This also includes Extra Space Storage.  Folks, would you hundreds of dollars in storage fees when the structural engineer of these facilities treats potential employees badly?  Of course you wouldn’t!

This also includes Walgreens.  What Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot does not know is that Costco has seen the string of emails.  What better way for people to go to Costco’s Pharmacy than to show them how bad Walgreens is!  Walgreens is widely known for making mistakes on prescriptions with deadly consequences.  Now Walgreens can add screwing over their shoppers who happen to design their buildings!

We at Structural Stupidists could keep discussing all his clients but you do get the idea!

Folks, we at Structural Stupidists are not going to keep quiet as Hamid & AAI Engineering uses fake job interviews for free consulting.  This practice needs to be stopped.  Using fake interviews wastes time out of people’s day and takes away from their time seeking career opportunities at firms that really need people.  Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot needs to quit crying wolf at his job interviews about talent.  May we suggest Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot start by paying candidates for their time.  Also, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot needs to learn he needs to stop screwing over the politicians taxpayers put into office – after all, who wants to fund city projects when the structural engineer assigned to design them is a total fraud to the public.  Also, Beaverton, OR, based AAI Engineering run by Hamid Afghan Arrogant Idiot needs to start paying more into the unemployment fund when he does these fake interviews.  May we suggest ten times the amount of unemployment taxes for each candidate he interviews with?