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Looks like Hire Right (https://www.hireright.com/ https://www.hireright.com/) uses this. And a lot of the FANG tier companies use Hire Right. That'd a exclude a

Looks like Hire Right (https://www.hireright.com/ https://www.hireright.com/) uses this. And a lot of the FANG tier companies use Hire Right. That'd a exclude a lot of the tech companies.

ZhuanXia 7y ago
It's basically an algorithmic filter for wokism. A lot of innovative people tend to be unswayed by our strange moral fads. Seems like talent is being left on the table. Good news for startups.
- kennywinker 7y ago
  Not really “for wokism” - some of the tweets captured are “woke” but still flagged for the language used. As one reply pointed out “fuck racism” would get flagged. It seems like it’s more just scanning for expressions of opinion, good or bad. “I like alcohol” - flagged bad. “I love charity” - flagged good. So these can be used by employers to determine “culture fit” which (opinion here) will probably largely be used, consciously or unconsciously, to enforce a homogeneous work force (racially, sexually, politically).
  - coolspot 7y ago
    Hmmm... Looks like it is time for me to make a tweet storm using template “I love {equality|charity|people|community|...}” to increase my chances on future interviews.
  - em-bee 7y ago
    exactly that. and forget freedom of speech if sharing your opinion reduces your chances of getting a job
  - non-entity 7y ago
    Marketted as "AI" lmao
- greenshackle2 7y ago
  Not so much wokism, more being bland and unobjectionable.
almost_usual 7y ago
I went through a HireRight background check recently and I didn’t see anything related to social media? Maybe it’s something the company needs to explicitly ask for?
lonelappde 7y ago
That is FANG tier? Do any FANG companies use HireRight? They aren't on the blogroll list.
- msoad 7y ago
  Google and Dropbox used this company on me.
lovehashbrowns 7y ago
HireRight almost failed my background check because I got the month wrong on my graduation from high school. I legitimately don't understand why a background check has to be this in-depth. Edit: actually I think it was elementary school. Even worse.
- arielweisberg 7y ago
  You are allowed to request a copy of your background check from HireRight. Get it, save it, and use it to fill out future background checks.
- chillingeffect 7y ago
  similar here. got laid off with severance in month x. company reported employing ending month x+2, my resume says I started a new job month x+1. HR calls me in a disdained huff "Sorry Mr. Effect, but we don't handle prevarications lightly."
  - WWLink 7y ago
    Holy shit, I'm surprised they care THAT much about start date/end date. Like.. seriously? WTF? That's insane lol.
  - em-bee 7y ago
    wait, since when was it not allowed to have two jobs at once? at worst this should have raised a question on what you did at the old company during that last month.
- rayhendricks 7y ago
  Failed mine as hireright did not understand the difference between an area of emphasis and major. Had to talk to boss and hr. It was a mess.
- dvtrn 7y ago
  I often get questions about background checks because I have a painfully common American name and there's a few people who share this name that have been convicted of some pretty serious crimes. On the one hand I'm not sure what this says about the veracity of background checks performed at the time, on the other hand I'm glad one job bothered to bring this up and ask "This isn't you is it?" I ended up petitioning the state of California (a state I'd never even visited up to that point) and providing some key information to receive a letter from the state attorney stating "This isn't the dvtrn you're looking for". The company wouldn't tell me who the background check provider was so I could try setting the record straight, and I ended up taking another job entirely in the end but it was NOT a fun experience and it's filled me with all kinds of anxiety to wonder "how many jobs and housing opportunities have I just missed out on because a background checker thought I was a felon?"
xkcd-sucks 7y ago
This has to be arm's-length plausible deniability for rejecting applicants on illegal criteria, right? Doesn't Facebook have better data and better data scientists than its partners do?
syspec 7y ago
Just to add, when I was interviewing at my current company (FANG), hireright has the nerve to call my THEN employer and try to verify my salary information! I
- em-bee 7y ago
  that should be outright illegal

Looks like Hire Right (https://www.hireright.com/ https://www.hireright.com/) uses this. And a lot of the FANG tier companies use Hire Right. That'd a exclude a lot of the tech companies.

ZhuanXia 7y ago

It's basically an algorithmic filter for wokism. A lot of innovative people tend to be unswayed by our strange moral fads. Seems like talent is being left on the table. Good news for startups.

kennywinker 7y ago
Not really “for wokism” - some of the tweets captured are “woke” but still flagged for the language used. As one reply pointed out “fuck racism” would get flagged. It seems like it’s more just scanning for expressions of opinion, good or bad. “I like alcohol” - flagged bad. “I love charity” - flagged good. So these can be used by employers to determine “culture fit” which (opinion here) will probably largely be used, consciously or unconsciously, to enforce a homogeneous work force (racially, sexually, politically).
- coolspot 7y ago
  Hmmm... Looks like it is time for me to make a tweet storm using template “I love {equality|charity|people|community|...}” to increase my chances on future interviews.
- em-bee 7y ago
  exactly that. and forget freedom of speech if sharing your opinion reduces your chances of getting a job
- non-entity 7y ago
  Marketted as "AI" lmao
greenshackle2 7y ago
Not so much wokism, more being bland and unobjectionable.

almost_usual 7y ago

I went through a HireRight background check recently and I didn’t see anything related to social media? Maybe it’s something the company needs to explicitly ask for?

lonelappde 7y ago

That is FANG tier? Do any FANG companies use HireRight? They aren't on the blogroll list.

msoad 7y ago
Google and Dropbox used this company on me.

lovehashbrowns 7y ago

HireRight almost failed my background check because I got the month wrong on my graduation from high school. I legitimately don't understand why a background check has to be this in-depth. Edit: actually I think it was elementary school. Even worse.

arielweisberg 7y ago
You are allowed to request a copy of your background check from HireRight. Get it, save it, and use it to fill out future background checks.
chillingeffect 7y ago
similar here. got laid off with severance in month x. company reported employing ending month x+2, my resume says I started a new job month x+1. HR calls me in a disdained huff "Sorry Mr. Effect, but we don't handle prevarications lightly."
- WWLink 7y ago
  Holy shit, I'm surprised they care THAT much about start date/end date. Like.. seriously? WTF? That's insane lol.
- em-bee 7y ago
  wait, since when was it not allowed to have two jobs at once? at worst this should have raised a question on what you did at the old company during that last month.
rayhendricks 7y ago
Failed mine as hireright did not understand the difference between an area of emphasis and major. Had to talk to boss and hr. It was a mess.
dvtrn 7y ago
I often get questions about background checks because I have a painfully common American name and there's a few people who share this name that have been convicted of some pretty serious crimes. On the one hand I'm not sure what this says about the veracity of background checks performed at the time, on the other hand I'm glad one job bothered to bring this up and ask "This isn't you is it?" I ended up petitioning the state of California (a state I'd never even visited up to that point) and providing some key information to receive a letter from the state attorney stating "This isn't the dvtrn you're looking for". The company wouldn't tell me who the background check provider was so I could try setting the record straight, and I ended up taking another job entirely in the end but it was NOT a fun experience and it's filled me with all kinds of anxiety to wonder "how many jobs and housing opportunities have I just missed out on because a background checker thought I was a felon?"

xkcd-sucks 7y ago

This has to be arm's-length plausible deniability for rejecting applicants on illegal criteria, right? Doesn't Facebook have better data and better data scientists than its partners do?

syspec 7y ago

Just to add, when I was interviewing at my current company (FANG), hireright has the nerve to call my THEN employer and try to verify my salary information! I

em-bee 7y ago
that should be outright illegal