In a stunning revelation, Gates Ventures, which is the personal household workplace of Microsoft co-founder Invoice Gates, allegedly requested feminine candidates sexually express questions throughout a job interview course of, the Wall Avenue Journal has reported. A safety consulting agency known as Concentric Advisors was tasked with conducting interviews for the corporate and it requested intrusive and inappropriate questions whereas conducting background checks of the potential candidates. The report additional states that solely feminine candidates who utilized for jobs at Gates’ personal workplace have been requested such questions.
Surprising questions requested
Feminine candidates have been requested about their previous sexual experiences, historical past of drug use, choice in pornography, and even whether or not they saved intimate photographs on their telephones. Different candidates claimed that they have been requested in the event that they ever “danced for {dollars}”, or had extramarital affairs, the report talked about.
Speaking in regards to the hiring course of, a spokesperson for Invoice Gates informed PEOPLE that the hiring “course of performed with the utmost respect for each candidate, with a zero-tolerance coverage for all individuals, together with service suppliers, who break this precept,” and background examine course of is identical for women and men.
Gates Ventures responds
However, a spokesperson for Gates Ventures informed WSJ that though she had not heard about such questions being requested by Concentric Advisors, “line of questioning could be unacceptable and a violation of Gates Ventures’ settlement with the contractor”.
“We’ve got by no means acquired data from any vendor or interviewee in our 15+ yr historical past that inappropriate questions have been requested through the screening course of. We will affirm, that after a complete assessment of our information, no employment supply has ever been rescinded based mostly on data of this nature,” she stated in a press release.
However, Concentric Advisors denied the allegations, stating that their screening course of includes figuring out the candidate’s vulnerability to being blackmailed whereas sustaining respect and that they’ve zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour.
