<p>How far will you go for a job? Aman Khandelwal from Jaipur posed as a<br />Zomato delivery boy and left a box of pastries at three Bengaluru offices with his resume inside.</p>.<p>The three offices he visited are Unacademy, Cred and Newton School. The package had a cheeky note: Most of the resumes end up in trash but mine in your belly.</p>.<p>“I handed over the package to security guards of these offices and told them to hand them over to their HR managers. I haven’t followed up on the same or met anyone,” Khandelwal tells <span class="italic">Metrolife </span>about his whacky experiment done in April while he was visiting his friends in the city. He was inspired by a similar experiment in the US in 2021. Khandelwal became a rage on social media when he posted about it recently. Why did he post about this gimmick so late? “I was concerned about how my friends and family would react. I spoke to my sister about this and she told me to post about it on social media,” he says.</p>.<p><strong><span class="bold">After-effect</span></strong></p>.<p>The 24-year-old MBA graduate is looking for a job as a product manager, and has received around 8-10 interviews since his post went viral. “I have got more followers on Twitter and more than 300 connection requests on LinkedIn now,” he says.</p>.<p>For the most part, he has received positive messages but some said his post made them “cringe”. </p>.<p>“I did this in Bengaluru because it has a strong start-up culture,” he says.</p>.<p>Ask him if he’s worried if Zomato would take any action against him and he says he would apologise and consult a lawyer, if needed.</p>.<p><strong>What was the post?</strong></p>.<p>On July 2, Aman posted on his social media with photographs: “Dressed as a<br />@zomato delivery boy I delivered my resume in a box of pastry. Delivered it to a bunch of startups in Bengaluru. Is this a @peakbengaluru moment.”</p>.<p><strong>Zomato says...</strong></p>.<p>Zomato Care has responded to the tweet, saying they hope the ‘gig’ landed him something meaningful. “The idea was great, execution — top of the line, impersonation — not so cool,” they added. Zomato was not available for further comments. </p>.<p><strong>The law says...</strong></p>.<p>Indra Dhanush, lawyer with the High Court, says that such an act can be penalised under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and intellectual property laws, for using a false property mark, forgery, defamation, and cheating by impersonation.</p>
<p>How far will you go for a job? Aman Khandelwal from Jaipur posed as a<br />Zomato delivery boy and left a box of pastries at three Bengaluru offices with his resume inside.</p>.<p>The three offices he visited are Unacademy, Cred and Newton School. The package had a cheeky note: Most of the resumes end up in trash but mine in your belly.</p>.<p>“I handed over the package to security guards of these offices and told them to hand them over to their HR managers. I haven’t followed up on the same or met anyone,” Khandelwal tells <span class="italic">Metrolife </span>about his whacky experiment done in April while he was visiting his friends in the city. He was inspired by a similar experiment in the US in 2021. Khandelwal became a rage on social media when he posted about it recently. Why did he post about this gimmick so late? “I was concerned about how my friends and family would react. I spoke to my sister about this and she told me to post about it on social media,” he says.</p>.<p><strong><span class="bold">After-effect</span></strong></p>.<p>The 24-year-old MBA graduate is looking for a job as a product manager, and has received around 8-10 interviews since his post went viral. “I have got more followers on Twitter and more than 300 connection requests on LinkedIn now,” he says.</p>.<p>For the most part, he has received positive messages but some said his post made them “cringe”. </p>.<p>“I did this in Bengaluru because it has a strong start-up culture,” he says.</p>.<p>Ask him if he’s worried if Zomato would take any action against him and he says he would apologise and consult a lawyer, if needed.</p>.<p><strong>What was the post?</strong></p>.<p>On July 2, Aman posted on his social media with photographs: “Dressed as a<br />@zomato delivery boy I delivered my resume in a box of pastry. Delivered it to a bunch of startups in Bengaluru. Is this a @peakbengaluru moment.”</p>.<p><strong>Zomato says...</strong></p>.<p>Zomato Care has responded to the tweet, saying they hope the ‘gig’ landed him something meaningful. “The idea was great, execution — top of the line, impersonation — not so cool,” they added. Zomato was not available for further comments. </p>.<p><strong>The law says...</strong></p>.<p>Indra Dhanush, lawyer with the High Court, says that such an act can be penalised under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and intellectual property laws, for using a false property mark, forgery, defamation, and cheating by impersonation.</p>