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How Far Should a Job Screening Go?

Posted by Cliff on from the where-would-you-draw-the-lnie dept.

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?"

3 of 675 comments (clear)

  1. if it requires latex gloves by DaveCar · · Score: 5, Funny

    then that is too far

  2. I once had to ejaculate in a cup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  3. How far? by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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