Americans are being asked for their Facebook passwords at job interviews

Robert Collins

Being asked for your Facebook login and password at a job interview. Does this sound scary to you? It does to me that's for sure, but nonetheless this was what happened to a guy from Seattle.

Justin Bassett from Seattle recently left a job interview in anger after being asked for his Facebook login information so the employer could check out his profile which was hidden from people who are not his friends. The employer had asked Justin the usual questions about experience, references and some character questions when she took out her laptop and found his profile on Facebook. [more...]

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If that had happened to me I would have spit in his face before leaving.

If that had happened to me I would have spit in his face before leaving.

I would be contacting an attorney for invasion of privacy and violation of constitutional rights. The balls of someof these jerks.

"I doubt you would hire anyone who gives out classified information to anyone who asks. Therefore I define this as a test and naturally refuse to give any of my passwords to you"

You can refuse in the interview to give your password or access to your FB profile.

Of course, by saying no to the request, you probably wont get the job.

What facebook page?

Would be my answer

He should have asked for theirs.

What facebook page?

Would be my answer

That would only work if your picture was not on it.

Who wants to work for a company like that?

What facebook page?

Would be my answer

That would only work if your picture was not on it.

identity theft at it's worse - that's my photo but there's no way i could possibly justify having that much fun/drink/sex

I probably wouldn't need to work after they did that. My first call would be to my attorney while I was still in the interview's office to file a law suit against them and their company. Plus I have two accounts, one with very little posted to it and I am quite careful what I say on my primary account, even though it's for friends only...

Why not skip social networking altogether?

my password: e.s.a.d.

Which FB would you like to see? The serious one? I have about 10 to choose from......

It could be worse. They could insist you sign up for the Facebook spy network as a condition of employment.

I do not have a Facebook account and intend to keep it that way.

I certainly would not want to work for any company that requested such information

Maybe this is exactly why a lot of Thais have 2 or 3 Facebook accounts.

Maybe this is exactly why a lot of Thais have 2 or 3 Facebook accounts.

2-faced? 3-faced?

This incident is like asking to look through someone's wallet, or pockets.

First time I entered UK the immigration guy said "let me see your dee-ary."

I didn't know what the <deleted> he was talking about.

"Your address book" he said.

I didn't have one, told him I didn't know I needed one.

Why not skip social networking altogether?

My solution... I do still agree it's an invasion of privacy though and more about principle then anything else just like background checks for non critical jobs is a similar violation that is being abused more and more..

Open two accounts. 1 - a good schoolboy (like an application to a police academy) for a stupid boss, 2 - a naughty boy (everyone has its dark side of personality) for friends

LOL.

I got mixed feelings about this.

On one side, if someone gives up his facebook login, he has only himself to blame for not having a spine.

On the other hand, it would be scary if only spineless do-gooder ninnies were hired at jobs in banks, police and other administration.

Or is that the case already?

dam_n I'm glad I don't live in the same world.

"I doubt you would hire anyone who gives out classified information to anyone who asks. Therefore I define this as a test and naturally refuse to give any of my passwords to you"

well done.

To those feeling comfort from the safety of having 2 (or more) FB accounts, from what I've been told by some tech-savvy individuals it will not be very long at all before you can simply click & drag a photo of someone into a search box and the search results will show up any site on which that person's photo has been posted (a friend of a friend's FB for example, one who's sloppy about their privacy settings.... perhaps a profile pic on some dating site from years gone by that you didn't bother deleting....). Scary stuff. No doubt from there it wouldn't be hard to put a name to the face.... Imagine sitting down for an interview and the interviewer saying: "According to my research Mr. Brown you are also known as Back_Door_Barry on swingingfistersdotcom.... what skills do you feel your experiences there can bring to XYZ Corporation...?"

My password would be "<deleted> off you nosy bu$$er" (if I could be bothered with generalist social networks)

Anybody that has and shows their social network site must be an idiot...why not hide it altogether which can be done. The first place, police, tax offices etc look are social network sites....Its amazing the amount of info that people let the world see about them...crazy all of it

My answer:

'Whoops I just pressed the wrong key and formatted your hard drive!!!'

It is amazing what people divulge on Facebook. It makes me cringe! I do not have an account!

This is a violation of Facebook's term of service.

You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms