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Re:I turned my interview task for Google into a startup by toyg on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:57AM (#19929079)
> How is that even remotely related to the job at hand?

It is not. But they cannot ask you "did you vote for party X? Because everyone here votes for party X and it would be awkward to have someone with Y sensibilities", that would be discriminating.

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Re:I turned my interview task for Google into a startup by meddlepal on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:08AM (#19929182)
Political affiliation is not a protected class in federal law so you could ask that... though state law might prevent it.
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Re:I turned my interview task for Google into a startup by nsxwolf on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:46AM (#19929506)
It's perfectly legal to discriminate against the candidate for this but also perfectly legal for the candidate to talk to the media about it.
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