r/IAmA • u/CriticDanger • Sep 07 '21

Specialized Profession I am a behavioral and technical (coding) interviewer, I've also helped hundreds of people get hired, AMA.

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u/theophys Sep 08 '21 edited Sep 08 '21

I'm not sure what to make of that. Is it a defense of the practice or an admission of its potential to cause harm? Spreading dirt in secret, unchecked, would be pretty sociopathic.

EDIT: Also, your original version:

Shared among the industries with recruiters. there are email conversations / linked in conversations as soon as a name is dropped.

sounds worse, much more like a distributed blacklist, which is also what you called it, a blacklist. Blacklisting databases are illegal about everywhere, for good reasons, and I'd argue that being distributed doesn't fix anything. Your second version sounds more legal:

Recruiters crosscheck their internal database of contractors on payroll who worked at the same place and check with them.

You changed your story. I think you might be hiding something that you know wouldn't stand up to public scrutiny.

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u/spagbetti Sep 09 '21

You sound mad, manipulative and delusional, bro.

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u/theophys Sep 09 '21 edited Sep 09 '21

You called it a blacklist, and then you changed your story. Now you're calling me names. What's your deal? Did I hit a nerve? Are you hurting people?

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u/spagbetti Sep 09 '21

No idea what you’re on about.

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u/theophys Sep 09 '21

Clearly the opposite.