Asked to disclose employment, but it's non-public
Some time ago, I was asked in a job application to disclose whether I was at the time employed by a certain entity. Yes I was.
It was critical that it not be known publicly that I was working on a particular project there. I'm really not sure how true this would have been, but let's say that the recruiter could make a pretty obvious guess as to what project I was on, based on my experience.
I balked at that point of the application, but is that way overblown? Would it have been okay to give a dishonest "no" if they had asked a revealing clarifying question in an interview? Clearly, my bank can see where the money's coming from, and in the zero-probability situation that a teller asked about it, I'd obviously just have to deflect.
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Some time ago, I was asked in a job application to disclose whether I was at the time employed by a certain entity. Yes I was.
It was critical that it not be known publicly that I was working on a particular project there. I'm really not sure how true this would have been, but let's say that the recruiter could make a pretty obvious guess as to what project I was on, based on my experience.
I balked at that point of the application, but is that way overblown? Would it have been okay to give a dishonest "no" if they had asked a revealing clarifying question in an interview? Clearly, my bank can see where the money's coming from, and in the zero-probability situation that a teller asked about it, I'd obviously just have to deflect.
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Are you saying if you would say "Yes" without revealing the nature of the project, just that "yes" would be sufficient for recruiter to guess what project you were working on?
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Some time ago, I was asked in a job application to disclose whether I was at the time employed by a certain entity. Yes I was.
It was critical that it not be known publicly that I was working on a particular project there. I'm really not sure how true this would have been, but let's say that the recruiter could make a pretty obvious guess as to what project I was on, based on my experience.
I balked at that point of the application, but is that way overblown? Would it have been okay to give a dishonest "no" if they had asked a revealing clarifying question in an interview? Clearly, my bank can see where the money's coming from, and in the zero-probability situation that a teller asked about it, I'd obviously just have to deflect.
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Some time ago, I was asked in a job application to disclose whether I was at the time employed by a certain entity. Yes I was.
It was critical that it not be known publicly that I was working on a particular project there. I'm really not sure how true this would have been, but let's say that the recruiter could make a pretty obvious guess as to what project I was on, based on my experience.
I balked at that point of the application, but is that way overblown? Would it have been okay to give a dishonest "no" if they had asked a revealing clarifying question in an interview? Clearly, my bank can see where the money's coming from, and in the zero-probability situation that a teller asked about it, I'd obviously just have to deflect.
applications non-disclosure-agreement confidentiality
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Are you saying if you would say "Yes" without revealing the nature of the project, just that "yes" would be sufficient for recruiter to guess what project you were working on?
– PagMax
1 min ago
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Are you saying if you would say "Yes" without revealing the nature of the project, just that "yes" would be sufficient for recruiter to guess what project you were working on?
– PagMax
1 min ago
Are you saying if you would say "Yes" without revealing the nature of the project, just that "yes" would be sufficient for recruiter to guess what project you were working on?
– PagMax
1 min ago
Are you saying if you would say "Yes" without revealing the nature of the project, just that "yes" would be sufficient for recruiter to guess what project you were working on?
– PagMax
1 min ago
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Are you saying if you would say "Yes" without revealing the nature of the project, just that "yes" would be sufficient for recruiter to guess what project you were working on?
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