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Re:Best way to handle interviewer asking me out on a date af... by MollyR on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @01:09PM (#9178920)
This is the best advice I've seen. Also I'd like to add,if you can don't escalate to a lawsuit prematurely. A lot of companies avoid hiring a person who files lawsuits against corporations. Its unfair, but its how the real world works. HR exists to protect the company not its people.

I know I mention this a lot on HN, but also read Corporate Confidential to understand how American Corporations and HR really works.

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Re:Best way to handle interviewer asking me out on a date af... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @02:15PM (#9179490)
It seems to me that informing HR, and telling him no (and why) is enough. I most certainly would not initiate a lawsuit over something like this. It was inappropriate and unprofessional; don't respond with something over the top, which is unprofessional in a different way.

But I'm male, and have literally never been harassed at work over anything (not gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, facial hair, choice of editor... nothing), so what do I know?

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Re:Best way to handle interviewer asking me out on a date af... by ihsw on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @02:57PM (#9179812)
Indeed, I'm not advocating filing a lawsuit, however notifying his employer of the situation does carry risk of retaliation.
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Re:Best way to handle interviewer asking me out on a date af... by marrs on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @12:52PM (#9219286)
She's already lost the job and it's not like they're going to publicise her grievance. I really can't see what risk there is to her of raising the issue. If I was her I'd also ask for their company policy on this sort of behaviour.
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