• foggy@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I’m getting sick of the invasive questions

    "Gender?

    Sex at birth?

    Are you trans?

    Are you gay? Bi?

    Ever been depressed?

    Abuse alcohol? Drugs?

    Ever been arrested?

    Ever been in the military?

    Well what about your spouse?

    Ever work for the government?

    That degree you mentioned, we can’t ask your age but uh, when did you earn that bad boy, huh?"

    NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE POSITION.

    This is 100% occuring in the USA. Where I live and work.

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      Right out of college, I went through an eight hour long hiring process complete with a proctored exam, three different interviews, a psychological screening, and a meeting with the CEO. All for an entry level position that paid $25k. By the end of the day, I was the only candidate left to be considered and they didn’t give me an offer.

      I got a call and a quick phone interview two days later from a small independent IT company that quoted me $30k on the spot. I said I was considering a second position and - over the phone - the guy raises it to $35k. Took the deal. Started a week later.

      Two months after that, I got a postcard in the mail saying I was no longer being considered for the first job.

      This was in 2006 and its only gotten worse since.

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      Gender?

      Sex at birth?

      Are you trans?

      Are you gay? Bi?

      Ever been depressed?

      Abuse alcohol? Drugs?

      Ever been arrested?

      Ever been in the military?

      Well what about your spouse?

      Ever work for the government?

      That degree you mentioned, we can’t ask your age but uh, when did you earn that bad boy, huh?

      I’m just trying to get an egg loan! There’s people in line behind me!

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      5 days ago

      Where are you that has questions like these?

      5 of those questions aren’t asked in the US.

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      5 days ago

      What is the “correct” answer for the ever worked in the government/military ones?

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        The truth. Depending on the context they will either report how many military veterans they employ (so just tabulation that goes to a checkbox if they bid for a government contract), or it involves military benefits in some manner, which will quickly come back to haunt you if you ‘lied’ on application docs.

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          Oh, I assumed they were a discrimination thing. Gathering random information due to government requirements is very different.