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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020) by arthur5005 on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:19PM (#23043626)
Those polygraphs though. :\
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020) by psychometry on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:16PM (#23045512)
Kind of ridiculous they still abide by that pseudoscience.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020) by ptudan on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:27PM (#23047187)
The Feebs definitely understand it doesn't tell lies from truths with 100% accuracy. They do know that it scares a bunch of people who don't meet their ethics/morality/legality bar away.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020) by jes5199 on Friday May 01, 2020 @11:22PM (#23048873)
it’s also a way that they can dismiss candidates without violating equal-opportunity laws. “Looked good on paper, but failed the polygraph” for any reason they want
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