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They're response would probably depend on whether they already know you have a Facebook account. But assuming you got away with it - if it's the type of compan
by jakejake 15y ago
They're response would probably depend on whether they already know you have a Facebook account. But assuming you got away with it - if it's the type of company that is asking for Facebook passwords, then it's type the company that's likely to fire you later when they find out that you lied during the interview.
I haven't had to experience this yet, but I would like to think I'd just decline and say they are free to look at whatever public information is available on my Facebook page.
- dabent 15y agoI wouldn't lie about it, in fact I can't see ever consenting to such a thing (giving out a password to any service to someone it doesn't belong to). But there are actually people out there that don't have a FB account. I was wondering how an employer would deal with that. Other people would probably ghost their FB, give up the password or friend an overseer, but never use the account again.
- jakejake 15y agoIf you don't use FB then I suppose the company would be satisfied since they don't need to worry about what you post. The whole thing is ridiculous. If they wanted to get dirt on most of us they'd probably find more here in our hackernews accounts. If they're going to do that we might as well give them our email password too so they can read all of our private correspondences. I could barely believe it when I read that this was happening and people were putting up with it. I can't wait for some large company to get sued and shamed over this.