Mar 15, 2013
The caller claimed to be calling about an employment survey I'd taken online. I had taken no such survey nor am I seeking new employment. Despite being told he had the wrong number, he attempted to give me another survey to "make certain I qualify" for the position. He never asked my name nor identified who he worked for.
I tested the first few questions to see if I could tell what they were fishing for. I got:
Are you at least 18 years of age?
Are you a citizen or legal resident of the United States?
Are you or your spouse a member of the armed forces?
What is your date of birth? - At which point I told the man that since I had no idea who he was or who he represented, I was ending the call.
Odd pauses and the way he ignored direct questions make me think this was a voice recognition program rather than an actual person. Either that, or the person was only allowed to read from a script and needing a lot of time to find a relevant-ish line.