How Far Should a Job Screening Go?

SlashSquatch asks: "My sister is getting screened for a programming position with a financial firm. I was alarmed to hear she'll be getting fingerprinted at the Sheriff's Office as part of the screening process. Instantly I conjure up scenes of frame-ups and corporate scandals. I want to know, should this raise a flag? Would you submit to fingerprinting, blood tests and who knows what else (financial, genetic code, and so forth) for a programming position?"

Comments

if it requires latex gloves

[DaveCar]

then that is too far

I once had to ejaculate in a cup

[Anonymous Coward]

for a job interview, well, I think it was a job interview, I mean the guy in the alley gave me $50 to watch. That makes it a job interview, right? He wanted to know if I could make smalltalk with a lisp then hack my python till it spewed Java. that sounds like a tech job doesn't it?

Re:At Apple...

[lisaparratt]

"Completely sober?! Can't be having with that..."

Re:Sometimes,yes

[Otter]

If you're a programmer in a financial services firm, you might be in a position to backdoor systems for financial gain. I can see why they'd want to make sure you're not a known criminal.

...and if they just went by name, they might hire the wrong Michael Bolton!

How far?

[rlp]

I'd be concerned when they ask "Do you think you're special, Mr. Anderson?"

Re:Ummmm.... No.

[rts008]

Besides, having seen some of the keyboards I've been exposed to in different jobs....how do they get through all of that crap to get fingerprints?

Forensic lab tech1: 'We've got the results analysed...
Forensic lab tech2 '...and it's definately Mountain Dew, Cum Stains, Red Bull, and...
Forensic lab tech1: ...no shit, cheezy poof powder! Oh! Fingerprints?...Uhmmm...
Forensic lab tech2: ....it could be anywhere from one demented asshole, to three million high-turnover, disgruntled employees!?!
Forensic lab tech1: 'Basically, we need more data to pin this down...'
Forensic lab tech2: 'Ah, yeah...Hmmm?...which server had that pr0n directory on it?
Forensic lab tech1: 'Sounds like a plan...you grab the Mountain Dew, and I'll grab the cheezy poofs!