Palworld developer Pocketpair requires job applicants prove their gamer credentials: 'If the number of Steam games played is 0, we basically pass on them'

It's not uncommon to sugarcoat things in a job interview. Perhaps you've even told a little white lie about how much you love what the company does—it's not like it ever comes back to bite you in the arse, right?

Wrong. Well, it will if you ever want to work at Pocketpair at least, the developer behind Palworld. First picked up by Automaton Media, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe took to X to claim that applicants have to "submit screenshots of their Steam game play history."

Of course...