See my older comment here [1]. You may like to read the parent comment for context. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5427317 https://news.ycombinator.

See my older comment here [1]. You may like to read the parent comment for context. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5427317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5427317 It is not uncommon to have such NDAs especially for senior-level positions. But now they have started coming for pure bureaucracy. I have heard that some big-name companies do not even let you tell to the outside world that you interviewed with the company. This would happen when say, just for example, if a company like Facebook would have positions for cell-phone design experts. The justification given is actually reasonable -- the media picks up on such moves by companies extremely quickly. My bet though, it is almost never about any "real awesomeness" of the project. Those projects are most likely happening at several other places in the world.