Strange Question on Job Application

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I am filling out an internship application and one of the questions reads, "Have you ever committed a crime, which went undetected or unsolved? If yes, describe in detail, including the nature of the illegal activity, dates, and duration of illegal activity"

I have never seen a question like this on an application before. I'm pretty sure we commit crimes every day (speeding, j-walking, etc.). What type of "crimes" do you think this question is mainly asking for?

Thanks.

 

[RocknRhoLim]

I am filling out an internship application and one of the questions reads, "Have you ever committed a crime, which went undetected or unsolved? If yes, describe in detail, including the nature of the illegal activity, dates, and duration of illegal activity"

I have never seen a question like this on an application before. I'm pretty sure we commit crimes every day (speeding, j-walking, etc.). What type of "crimes" do you think this question is mainly asking for?

Thanks.

Well, if you want the job don't put anything down..

 

[TheBossDoctor]

Why do they even bother asking questions like that? Who would actually confess to committing a crime if its not on their record? -_-

 

[bigbad]

Nice try, FBI.

I sometimes think that these types of questions are mini intelligence tests. I can't think of any way that you could answer "yes" to that question and somehow twist it into a positive.

If it was something stupid like jaywalking, then its kinda irrelevant. If it was something more serious, there's no way of making something clearly wrong into something right.

 

[PhysMatMan]

I once ate all the cookies at my family reunion. That crime has gone unsolved to this day.

 

[Radon XP]

Stupid question, IMO. What I also hate is when you're filling surveys for jobs and they ask you if you've ever stolen from your employer before...apparently, if you answer no, they think you're lying. WTF?

 

[Planes2Doc]

Is this for real? The questions they ask these days...

 

[Mt Kilimanjaro]

If there's no polygraph for the job, the answer is no.

 

[SN12357]

I am filling out an internship application and one of the questions reads, "Have you ever committed a crime, which went undetected or unsolved? If yes, describe in detail, including the nature of the illegal activity, dates, and duration of illegal activity"

I have never seen a question like this on an application before. I'm pretty sure we commit crimes every day (speeding, j-walking, etc.). What type of "crimes" do you think this question is mainly asking for?

Thanks.

Wow. That's a new and horrible thing to put on a job application.

I would take it as a strong signal that you do not want to work for that employer.

 

[Long Way to Go]

I am filling out an internship application and one of the questions reads, "Have you ever committed a crime, which went undetected or unsolved? If yes, describe in detail, including the nature of the illegal activity, dates, and duration of illegal activity"

I have never seen a question like this on an application before. I'm pretty sure we commit crimes every day (speeding, j-walking, etc.). What type of "crimes" do you think this question is mainly asking for?

Thanks.

Yes: www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594032556

 

[survivordo]

Lie until you Die... what they don't know (and won't find out!) won't hurt them...

Survivor DO

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

If there's no polygraph for the job, the answer is no.

Even if there is a polygraph the answer is still no. Polygraphs are worse than flipping a coin to figure out if someone is lying or not, because at least you know not to put any faith in the coin. A polygraph can't pick up anything except vague physiological signs of nervousness and they suck even at that. Polygraph examining is a very subjective process, and the reality is that an examiner can always "back up" a claim that an examinee is lying or telling the truth, hence why they're used in government agencies like the FBI and CIA to get rid of employees whose bosses don't want them anymore but don't have any real reason to fire them.

If you want to beat a polygraph, all you have to do is remember the whole thing is full of **** and know that when the examiner says "there are some discrepancies in these results we should talk about" what he's really saying is "please confess everything for me so the people who pay me to do this test don't figure out I'm a glorified palm reader".

 

[Planes2Doc]

Well I believe medical schools ask for all institutional actions to be disclosed even if there is no record of it ever taking place. Hmm... I wonder how many pre-meds can't help but to be brutally honest?