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Why does mean something for nothing? Why is it unreasonable for a company wanting to protect their intellectual property and ideas from being exposed? See what

Why does mean something for nothing? Why is it unreasonable for a company wanting to protect their intellectual property and ideas from being exposed? See what I did there? I assumed things about this NDA just like you did. I think we both shouldn't. The NDAs I have seen were reasonable to me. They basically just put into writing what I would think should be normal during interviews anyway but apparently isn't always the case. Maybe someone has been burnt before and is trying to protect themselves. The NDAs I signed basically said that they will share some company internal information during the interview in order to conduct it and I am not allowed to share those company secrets with anyone. Basically what any contract would say about company secrets if I were to be hired in the end. Same the other way around about me not sharing any other company's info with them and if I did its not on them but on me. Duh. Now the OPs NDA might say something different but we don't know. An NDA just by itself isn't bad though.

brudgers 4y ago
I did not assume anything about the NDA. The cost of legal review of an NDA is an expense the company should cover in the same way it covers travel expenses associated with an interview. Not covering it is on the same level as expecting a candidate to foot the cost of airfare, hotels, etc. associated with an interview. It is no more unreasonable for a candidate to want to protect their interests than for the company to want to protect its own. Not covering legal fees suggests the company doesn’t see the world that way. The interview is the honeymoon. This is as good as it will probably get.
warrenm 4y ago
>The NDAs I signed basically said that they will share some company internal information during the interview in order to conduct it and I am not allowed to share those company secrets with anyone If a company cannot interview you without sharing "company secrets", they don't know how to interview
- tharkun__ 4y ago
  I don't know if they can't do it differently and thus don't know how to interview. That sounds like an assumption to me. But they didn't do it differently. I liked the way they did do it. YMMV as always. Assumptions are usually bad. At least the ones that don't get verified. I doubt we would be able to verify this particular one so I would choose to simply not assume in the first place. I don't hold it against them and wonder why I should.
  - warrenm 4y ago
    >I don't know if they can't do it differently They can In fact, there is absolutely no reason to need to divulge "company secrets" during an interview
    - tharkun__ 4y ago
      You misunderstood. I wasn't saying that in theory the couldn't. Of course they could just like you say. I was saying that you said If a company cannot interview you without sharing "company secrets", they don't know how to interview And I simply meant that I don't think that this company wouldn't have been able to do it without. They simply chose not to do it without. And if they so choose it seems reasonable to want to protect those secrets.
      - warrenm 4y ago
        >And I simply meant that I don't think that this company wouldn't have been able to do it without. They simply chose not to do it without. And if they so choose it seems reasonable to want to protect those secrets. You can always choose to share company secrets in an interview But if a company doesn't understand they don't have to to interview successfully, I seriously doubt their ability to understand how to do pretty much anything else successfully An interview is advanced marketing - you don't sign and NDA to read a billboard or press release. There's no reason to need to sign one to interview :)

brudgers 4y ago

I did not assume anything about the NDA. The cost of legal review of an NDA is an expense the company should cover in the same way it covers travel expenses associated with an interview. Not covering it is on the same level as expecting a candidate to foot the cost of airfare, hotels, etc. associated with an interview. It is no more unreasonable for a candidate to want to protect their interests than for the company to want to protect its own. Not covering legal fees suggests the company doesn’t see the world that way. The interview is the honeymoon. This is as good as it will probably get.

warrenm 4y ago

>The NDAs I signed basically said that they will share some company internal information during the interview in order to conduct it and I am not allowed to share those company secrets with anyone If a company cannot interview you without sharing "company secrets", they don't know how to interview

tharkun__ 4y ago
I don't know if they can't do it differently and thus don't know how to interview. That sounds like an assumption to me. But they didn't do it differently. I liked the way they did do it. YMMV as always. Assumptions are usually bad. At least the ones that don't get verified. I doubt we would be able to verify this particular one so I would choose to simply not assume in the first place. I don't hold it against them and wonder why I should.
- warrenm 4y ago
  >I don't know if they can't do it differently They can In fact, there is absolutely no reason to need to divulge "company secrets" during an interview
  - tharkun__ 4y ago
    You misunderstood. I wasn't saying that in theory the couldn't. Of course they could just like you say. I was saying that you said If a company cannot interview you without sharing "company secrets", they don't know how to interview And I simply meant that I don't think that this company wouldn't have been able to do it without. They simply chose not to do it without. And if they so choose it seems reasonable to want to protect those secrets.
    - warrenm 4y ago
      >And I simply meant that I don't think that this company wouldn't have been able to do it without. They simply chose not to do it without. And if they so choose it seems reasonable to want to protect those secrets. You can always choose to share company secrets in an interview But if a company doesn't understand they don't have to to interview successfully, I seriously doubt their ability to understand how to do pretty much anything else successfully An interview is advanced marketing - you don't sign and NDA to read a billboard or press release. There's no reason to need to sign one to interview :)