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Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by gorgoiler on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:04AM (#23039013)
How does the vetting for debt like that work?

Can a company refuse to hire me unless I divulge my private financial details? If I forge a spreadsheet of my accounts, how would they know it wasn’t real?

Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by pmiller2 on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:22AM (#23039105)
They don’t ask you for a list of accounts, typically. They would check a report from one of the major credit reporting agencies, so, if it doesn’t show up there, they’d probably never see it.
Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by topkai22 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:08PM (#23052575)
US government background checks explicitly ask about foreign financial holdings, and those investigators check.
Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by pmiller2 on Monday May 04, 2020 @04:15PM (#23072741)
That's why I said "typically." Security clearance checks are a whole different level from your average pre-employment background check.