
Fake Candidates and AI-Written Resumes: A Verification Checklist for 2026
Gartner predicts 1 in 4 candidate profiles will be fake by 2028, and the FBI has been warning about deepfake applicants since 2022. A stage-by-stage verification checklist, from resume consistency reads to interview probes to day-one access, that catches fabrication without treating every real candidate as a suspect.






