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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020) by jtsiskin on Monday August 03, 2020 @08:34PM (#24045210)
You also must have not used marijuana within the last 3 years (even medically or if legal in your state), and no illegal drugs within 10 years. This lost a lot of applicants when they recruited at my college
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020) by WrtCdEvrydy on Monday August 03, 2020 @08:44PM (#24045276)
I can pass those, but I have personally interviewed and had them send 3-4 polygraphers, each one betting $10 bucks against the previous one that they could get a baseline from me.

The last guy seriously thought I was a plant there to discredit whoever approved me and called down to the local DMV to make sure my driver's license was real (it was) since he couldn't get a baseline on my name (three times)

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020) by DelTaco on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:03PM (#24045763)
and that's how you found out you were switched at birth