CakeorFake

Helping founders hire better freelancers on Upwork. Minimize hiring time and avoid bad hires!

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Verify Upwork freelancers faster with cakeorfake.

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@JoeBenjamin_ Welcome to Upwork in 2026, everyone now uses AI. Same response is very weird.

Use cake or fake for your next screen. It detects wrong candidate faster, and reduces your screening time.

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@stonksqween Every bad hire is a process gap, not a personal failure. Two hours of vetting upfront saves way more than it costs. Proper screening is necessary for every hire.

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@auren Remote hiring makes it harder to spot a bad hire early. However onsite hide it better, the only process to get the best candidate is through screening.

Don’t hire base on your perception of the candidate.

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@editzenafx Hiring by price alone isn't saving money. It's deferring the cost. A 10 dollar editor producing 10 dollar work means redoing it later, which always costs more than getting it right the first time.

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@alexeytretina Too many proposals can be overwhelming for the hirers. They just ignore and look for agencies to do the job instead. With cake or fake hire, streamlessly on upwork

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@pedroshakour And the top-rated badge means earnings hit a threshold. However, I dont think it's only applicable to Asians. Make use of cake or fake for your next hire, to get a reliable freelancer for your next hire

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@DilpreetG1ll The referral trap is real. Someone delivers great for 8 months, then takes you on as client, and you get the overflow. Make use of cake or fake for your next hire, to get a reliable freelancer for your next hire

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@Ibrahkiprotich Account selling is a red flag. If they built it with good reputation, they wouldn't sell it.

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@axtalks It's being transparent. They should know what they are getting when they join. The ones who stay are actually there for the job and not the benefit. Make use of cake or fake for your next hire, to get a reliable freelancer for your next hire

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@drtalieybita Everyone talks about the salary cost. Nobody counts the hit to team morale when someone has to redo the work. That's another hidden tax on bad hires.

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@oliverbrocato A paid trial week costs maybe can cost you $2K but saves $30K. Still the cheapest screening method available. Make use of cake or fake for your next hire, to get a reliable freelancer for your next hire

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@TheHost_ That's a bad hire. You did the right thing by just terminating his contract; he did worse. Make use of cake or fake for your next hire, to get a reliable freelancer for your next hire

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@piercefreeman Catch it before you pay. A quick mid-project checkpoint usually exposes the AI-slop freelancers.

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@JackDLng @altapplabs @Upwork @freelancer @UpworkSaves @UpworknFiverr @freelancerclub @fiverr @FiverrSupport Yeah, painful way to learn a lesson. Better safe than sorry

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@Joojo_Dontoh Exactly. A bad hire costs way more than salary and momentum. Slow hiring is fast hiring in disguise.

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@andrehaykaljr Not a consultant. If you're being paid to do the job, then do it.

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@Tudi_rad Getting upsold on the first paid hour is rough. Separates real providers from sales pitches.

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@PaulFidika @Upwork 3k is a lot to only get an AI generated list. Use cake or fake for your next hire, you will be getting a freelancer that has worked on a similar project

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@shafu0x Hiring with 7 rounds doesn't ensure the best fit. Most people with the the experience doesn't go such that long process

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@Tudi_rad @Tonystakkz @ecomtalent The personalized video point is spot on. It's the same reason we built a decision-based experience that forces people to show genuine judgment in real time. You can fake a profile. You can't fake how you think.