[irvingprime]

Yes to not answering stupid questions. One of my pet peeves about job applications is the "Voluntary self-identification" form that has all required answers. So I select "I do not want to answer" and assume they're too stupid to hire me.

[CableNinja]

Honestly, i think those 3 questions are hot garbage. They shouldnt be asked until an offer is made. Theres no reason to ask them in advance other than to allow for discriminatory decisions, but that decision is easily masked by "we found stronger candidates" auto rejections.

Really truly tired of the state of hiring

[noveltyaccount]

I'm pretty sure this is a US law to see if protected categories are even applying, and then if they're getting their fair share of offers.

[CableNinja]

Sure, but that doesnt change that the employer also sees that info, and can reject still, while using some unknown excuse (like a stronger candidate being found, even if thats nit the case). It should not be information visible to the employer at all. The government should be mandating anonymous data, by removing collection from the employer level, and move it to the job site level. Ive yet to see anyone with a homerolled job application site/process, and so it should be easy to get these apps doing it as well. These apps and sites can then send it straight to the government, rather than the employer storing it, or ever having access to it. Alternatively, the data should be required to be encrypted with a pub/priv pair that the government only has access to the private key before sending to employer servers. Ill take almost anything over the employer having access to this info.

As much as i understand why these questions have been mandated, i feel they've become silently weaponized, due to their visibility.