Candidate Integrity and Authenticity

At Percona, we take hiring the best qualified candidates worldwide very seriously.
Doing so honors the hard work, dedication, and contributions of Perconians across
the globe.
We are a remote-first, globally distributed company built on trust. Trust in our teams.
Trust in our community. Trust in one another. That trust begins in the hiring process.
We are committed to creating a fair, respectful, and transparent experience for every
candidate.

Showing Up as Your Authentic Self

We ask every candidate to participate in our hiring process as themselves and to
represent their experience truthfully and independently.
All application materials, interviews, and assessments must reflect your own
knowledge, skills, and accomplishments.

This means:

• Your resume, CV, cover letter, portfolio, and submitted materials must
  accurately represent your background.
• You must personally participate in interviews and assessments.
• Your responses must reflect your own experience and judgment.

The use of impersonation, proxy participants, off-camera coaching, teleprompters,
synthetic voice tools, or Artificial Intelligence systems that generate, modify, or
materially influence interview responses is strictly prohibited.
We recognize that candidates may use tools for basic grammar or formatting
support when preparing written materials. However, any use of AI or other technology
that misrepresents your capabilities, authorship, identity, or real-time performance
undermines the integrity of the process and is not permitted.

Why This Matters

Our standards are not about limiting technology. They are about fairness.
When someone uses Artificial Intelligence or other tools to simulate experience,
conceal identity, or generate substantive responses during interviews, it
disadvantages candidates who are showing up honestly. It erodes trust. And it
compromises the integrity required to build strong teams.
We have zero tolerance for deceptive conduct in our hiring process.

Protecting Fairness and Security

To protect the integrity of our hiring process, we take reasonable steps to verify
identity, credentials, work eligibility, and candidate authenticity in accordance with
applicable laws. This may include identity verification, credential validation, and
proportionate measures designed to detect fraudulent or synthetic candidate
activity, including misuse of AI technologies.  These measures are applied consistently and respectfully.

Respecting Your Privacy

We understand that applying for a role requires trust on your part as well.
Any personal data collected during recruitment is processed in accordance with
applicable data protection laws, including GDPR and other global privacy
regulations. We apply principles of data minimization, purpose limitation, and
proportionality. Candidate data is retained only as long as necessary or required by
law.

Our Shared Standard

If you are bringing your authentic experience, perspective, and capability to the
process, you have nothing to worry about. You have our full respect.
Integrity is not just something we assess. It is something we practice.