Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords In California

Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by prophetjohn on Thursday September 27, 2012 @10:36PM (#4584046)

I don't think this is much better. I wouldn't work for someone who asked me this question, even if this were the rationale. Who knows why someone would divulge their password. I bet there are reasons other than being completely devoid of common sense.

Regardless, I bet that any predictive relationship between willingness to divulge a Facebook password in an interview and the ability to perform adequately as a software engineer is weak at best. To me, an employer who doesn't understand that shows poor capacity for unbiased reasoning.

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Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by kenko on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:08AM (#4584396)

"Who knows why someone would divulge their password. I bet there are reasons other than being completely devoid of common sense."

You need a job and are given to believe that you won't get the one you're interviewing for if you don't hand over your password.

People regularly do all kinds of demeaning things because employers ask/demand them to.

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Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by TheAmazingIdiot on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:13AM (#4584402)

Last time I checked, people need a place to sleep and food to eat.

You need a job to pay for those things.

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Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by mortenjorck on Thursday September 27, 2012 @11:23PM (#4584156)

If I were interviewing a candidate and had decided to ask this question, my response following their reaction would be "Just kidding. We don't do that here" followed by taking note of how concerned they initially appeared at the question.

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Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by prophetjohn on Thursday September 27, 2012 @11:36PM (#4584191)

The "just kidding" would probably need to be before I answered. If I start to get up and walk out and then they say "no, I was just yankin' ya!" I'm going to be really suspicious.

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Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by eli on Friday September 28, 2012 @08:16AM (#4585114)

What exactly do you think their level of visible concern would tell you about them? An employer conducting jokey personality tests would be a huge red flag for me.

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Re:Employers Banned From Asking For Social Media Passwords I... by sliverstorm on Friday September 28, 2012 @12:18AM (#4584288)

I bet there are reasons other than being completely devoid of common sense.

Easy examples off the top of my head:

- You cultivate a profile almost like a garden, knowing that one day an employer is going to demand to see it

- You started one, but don't use it

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