> Does anybody at all on HN think that pulling credit reports on candidates is a reasonable thing for hiring firms to do I would if the evidence suggested that

> Does anybody at all on HN think that pulling credit reports on candidates is a reasonable thing for hiring firms to do I would if the evidence suggested that a credit report was a good indicator of the risk of the candidate committing an offence, and that the candidate is applying for a position where they have the ability to do such. I suspect that the probability of either event is small, and that it's worthless and discriminatory. My major concern is that the practice turns into a catch-22--you need a job to get out of debt, but you can't get a job with debt. I worked at a major financial institution where a pre-requisite was drug, credit, and background testing (even running fingerprints) for everyone. The whole thing seemed a big waste of time.