Asked for Facebook login in interview

Accessing someone's facebook account isn't just a violation of their privacy but a violation of the privacy of anyone they have friended. I have relatives for example that post up personal family information, expecting that only family will see it. If someone else is in my account then they have access to information about my aunt's hospital visit or my cousin's divorce that's not for general information. And while my own personal rule is to never post anything on FB that I wouldn't be ok with any future employer, my least favourite ex or my mother-in-law reading, (ie anyone in the world) some people do post up information that they really only want those they are friended with to see.

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

Could you not just say that you don't have a Facebook account?
What do the potential employers do then?

ask for your boards.ie username :pac:

Yeah, but it would be awkward as hell if they turned to their computer and pull up your page where they are listed as a "friend" on your friend's list.

I knew a chick that had her job offer rescinded because of what someone else posted on facebook. She was a summer clerk at a major law firm and was being hired on post-graduation. At the end of the summer party, she had gotten wicked drunk, took her clothes off, and jumped into the water (party was on a yacht). No one at the party knew what had happened at the time except for a few of her friends. Someone took pictures on their phone. They were posted on her profile, and the co-workers she had added to her friends list ratted her out to the hiring manager. He wrote her an email rescinding the offer.