Have you ever rejected a candidate because of content you discovered on their social media pages?
Yes (care to share below?)49%
No48%
Other (please comment below)2%
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Yes (care to share below?)49%
No48%
Other (please comment below)2%
Eating on a call22%
Interrupting others33%
Having too many distractions37%
Dressing inappropriately5%
Other (please comment below!)1%
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I answered NO because I personally have not. However we use an outsourced service that does initial candidate screening before we see a single resume
They do check everything including social media