Timeline for Is it appropriate for interviewers to ask candidates for their Stack Exchange user name? [closed]
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| Dec 16, 2014 at 20:31 | comment | added | Telastyn | Voting to reopen. This isn't asking how to advance one's career or how to learn. And it's not workplace agnostic since it's uncommon that non-programmers will have SE accounts. | |
| Sep 28, 2013 at 14:21 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Sep 28, 2013 at 14:19 | history | closed |
ozz Bernard thorsten müller Jim G. Giorgio |
Not suitable for this site | |
| Sep 23, 2013 at 19:38 | comment | added | warren | @Earlz - I do the same thing | |
| Sep 23, 2013 at 8:20 | comment | added | Jamie Taylor | I've no problem with giving my SO account username. I, too, link it on my CV. If a potential employer knows what SO is, that's a bonus. I like to think that by openly saying "I ask questions and look for better solutions with the help of my peers (users on SO sites)," it's showing that I'm open to new ideas, techniques and such. Just use the first rule of The Internet: don't post something, that you don't want folks to see. | |
| Sep 20, 2013 at 16:53 | answer | added | Maurice Reeves | timeline score: 4 | |
| S Sep 19, 2013 at 20:52 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 20:44 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 19:31 | answer | added | Michael Shaw | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 18:25 | comment | added | JeffO | @hydroparadise- People who think they have all the answers get the questions wrong. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 18:19 | comment | added | JeffO | @DavidRobinson - At first I thought it showed some awareness of the site and wanting a better tool to evaluate potential devs, but I never considered it being used nefariously to look at other SE sites and having some sort of personal bias. Sort of why I would never give my Facebook page to an employer but probably LinkedIn account. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 16:05 | comment | added | Earlz | heh. I actually put my stackoverflow CV link on my resume, so it's pretty apparent to people interviewing me that I'm active on stackoverflow, and it was a significant deciding factor in getting hired for my current job | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 15:13 | comment | added | Chad Harrison | Well that sucks, I used SO to ask all my stupid questions so that I wouldn't look stupid to my employer. Backfire! | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 15:02 | vote | accept | kmote | ||
| Sep 19, 2013 at 10:47 | comment | added | Ross Patterson | Hmm ... what's my StackOverflow/Programmers.SE/LinkedIn/everything else userid ... :-) | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 10:26 | comment | added | Ajasja | Well, as long as they don't ask for the password as well:) | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 9:54 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | One aspect that I find a bit troubling is that an SO account might be connected to much more personal information if a user is also active on other SE sites. The content on the religious sites or for example Parenting might give the employer private information the user doesn't really want to share. And one should not forget that the employer could potentially search for everything a user has ever said in SE chat with the user id. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 9:17 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | Just keep in mind that old questions/answers might not match the current knowledge and abilities of somebody. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 8:12 | comment | added | adarshr | I don't give them a chance to ask me that question - I often link to my StackOverflow profile link on my CV myself. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 3:17 | comment | added | David Robinson | @JeffO: Would you say it's a good or bad sign? | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 23:51 | answer | added | Paulo Scardine | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 23:48 | answer | added | Tangurena | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 22:43 | comment | added | yannis | Counter question: Is it appropriate for me to check for past offenses, suspensions and deleted crappy questions & answers if the candidate gives me their ProgSE account? | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 22:38 | history | protected | user28988 | ||
| Sep 18, 2013 at 21:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/380440185785565185 | ||
| Sep 18, 2013 at 21:06 | answer | added | psr | timeline score: 24 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 20:49 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 18, 2013 at 20:34 | comment | added | MikeS | @GlenH7 Thank you, I have moved my comment to an answer. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 20:33 | answer | added | MikeS | timeline score: 69 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 20:27 | history | unprotected | user28988 | ||
| Sep 18, 2013 at 19:47 | history | protected | user28988 | ||
| Sep 18, 2013 at 19:40 | answer | added | Ampt | timeline score: 11 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 19:34 | answer | added | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | timeline score: 113 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:46 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | In my case, if they have my resume they don't have to ask. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:33 | answer | added | enderland | timeline score: 24 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:27 | answer | added | Snagulus | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:15 | comment | added | user40980 | Related: I was recently asked for my Stack Overflow reputation score in a job interview. Is that appropriate? from MSO. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:14 | answer | added | user53019 | timeline score: 104 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:12 | comment | added | JeffO | I think it says a lot about the company/manager/job if they did ask for it. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:09 | history | asked | kmote | CC BY-SA 3.0 |