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user43928yesterday at 6:10 PM1 replyview on HN

In the hiring process for tech, is it common to have a background check that unearths your mishandling of trade secrets?

Or maybe word gets around locally or for special research positions.


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Tostinoyesterday at 6:37 PM

Not that I've done a ton of hiring, but no, that hasn't been common anywhere I've worked. The tech world is huge, it's easy to go somewhere else, outside of whatever bubble of people you've burned in the past, and start again.