Best way to handle interviewer asking me out on a date after tech screen?
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#2That is so unprofessional I can't fathom it.
Never work for a company that values professionalism so low.
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#3That is so unprofessional I can't fathom it. Never work for a company that values professionalism so low.
I doubt this is a company-wide problem. I think this is an employee with a serious inability to appreciate boundaries, and he should be removed from his position of responsibility.
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#4I see nothing wrong with what he did. She was not hired for objective reasons. The fact that he asked her out after is completely orthogonal. Are there any MEN left on HN?
Re: Best way to handle interviewer asking me out on a date after tech screen?
#5* Say no.
* Forward copies of emails to the company's leadership/HR department.
* Keep printed copies of the emails handy in case he decides to retaliate with lawyers.
* Keep your own legal counsel on speed-dial.
* Move on with your life.
There's not much you can do from a legal standpoint, with regards to grievance/redress. Escalating the situation through contacting his boss/HR carries a risk, even though you have the moral high-ground, but it could work in getting him punished. Or it could achieve absolutely nothing.
Or he has a long history of this abusive behavior and this is the last straw that will get him ejected from the company for being a serious liability/generally unpleasant.
He has your resume, and he's exhibited awful behavior -- legal counsel should definitely be at your disposal on a moments notice.
Naturally, if it really interests you, you can consult a lawyer to verify whether there are any punitive measures you can apply against him. The OP hasn't indicated that the guy has harassed her per se, so I don't know if she has any legal standing regarding that.
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#6I see nothing wrong with what he did. She was not hired for objective reasons. The fact that he asked her out after is completely orthogonal. Are there any MEN left on HN?
OK, I was willing to at least entertain your comment until that last sentence there. As a bona-fide MAN on HN, the anecdote reads as extremely slimy to me. And it's pretty clear that women have to deal with this kind of BS constantly.
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#7Oof.
The poster should forward that email to whoever else at the company can deal with it so that hopefully someone else doesn't have to deal with it in the future.
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#8I see nothing wrong with what he did. She was not hired for objective reasons. The fact that he asked her out after is completely orthogonal. Are there any MEN left on HN?
Real men do not abuse a position of power to pressure women into accepting a date.
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#9That is so unprofessional I can't fathom it. Never work for a company that values professionalism so low.
I doubt this is a company-wide problem. I think this is an employee with a serious inability to appreciate boundaries, and he should be removed from his position of responsibility.
Yet somehow this guy wormed his way into interviewing her. Someone let that happen, and someone gave this guy interviewing responsibilities.
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#10I see nothing wrong with what he did. She was not hired for objective reasons. The fact that he asked her out after is completely orthogonal. Are there any MEN left on HN?
I agree, bunch of whiners and victim enablers.