I was unemployed and had an interview at a small startup. I was anxious so I was playing games in the morning to keep things calm, and I decided to stream what

I was unemployed and had an interview at a small startup. I was anxious so I was playing games in the morning to keep things calm, and I decided to stream what I was playing for a few friends. When I got to the interview they asked me about the game I was playing. It really threw me off. I've always tried to be really careful about linking my real name to my online presence and I always search myself to see if I can find myself when I'm interviewing to make sure there's nothing I need to scrub. They found me anyway. I'm still not sure how exactly. I'm not a genius about online opsec but I like to think I'm more careful than most. I wound up programming an interview exam program for them (which they paid me for, super nice) and they did offer me the job, but I was still weirded out that they dug into me so much online. I decided I didn't want an employer that monitors my non-work Internet activity so I declined. I'm not stupid. I know that most employers probably try and monitor their workers social media for questionable stuff, but my hope is that most aren't trying too hard to track down all of my pseudonyms. Or they don't care what I do as long as I don't post with my real name or the company name.