"Sure, can you give me a minute to take down the sex swing and throw a sheet over the paddling bench?"

The more I read about jobs and applications to jobs in the US the more I am both surprised and appalled that you haven't started a revolution yet. No way would that kind of c**p work in Europe.

"Better yet, take me on a Zoom tour of the company I'd be working for. That sounds a lot more relevant to what we're doing here, doesn't it?"

Since we are sharing. I'm a nudest. Do you mind if I disrobe, while showing you around my home and personal space? Please feel free to do the same. It's how I'm most comfortable in my personal space. I support and encourage full transparency with my employer. All things out in the open is healthy. Let's take a look around. 😂

Had that. I said no. The person interviewing me said it was to see if it’s the right type of room offering privacy. I said don’t worry I’m the only one here everyday. She ended it and never heard from them. I did not like that.

I wouldn't take that job even if it offered more money... what a major invasion of privacy with just asking. I hope OP didn't take the job and reported this interviewer asap...

US is declining and everyone knows it in the back of their minds.

Twenty years ago, I worked with two guys who were polar opposites of each other, but shared the same name and did the same job. Person A's desk was always neat and well-organized. Person B's desk was always a mess, multiple stacks of paper a foot high. If you went to ask them for some paperwork, person A would start opening file cabinets and desk drawers, and take 1/2 an hour to find what they were looking for. Person B would pause for 30 seconds looking around at the piles on his desk, and, then reach into a pile and pull out what you were looking for. People can be mentally organized without being spatially organized and vice versa.

I would've just responded with "nope"

I wouldn't want to work there after that. Just because you're applying for a job (or even working there) does not mean that you are selling your soul to them. Home should be where you feel safe and can recharge - quite the opposite feelings of being at a work interview. It was very inappropriate to ask for.

I've only been asked when doing a remote certification test. Asked to pan room so they could see I have no notes or someone I could use for cheating.

As so many others have said. I'm a retired HS teacher, and I was very meticulous about how I maintained my classroom and closet. I had the chair and desk spacing measured out to the inch. I kept everything in my closet labeled, sorted, and organized. My kids used to even ask me if I was a neat-freak. I used to just laugh and say "hell no. You should see my car."

I typically keep my office pretty neat, but I would still feel a prospective employer was overstepping if they asked to see it.

This is why I've had to turn down multiple potential wfh offers be ause they request to view my surroundings. Nothing makes a stay at home mom living with anxiety and depression feel more inadequate than being judged by the state of her bedroom. It just feeds into the conditions and feeds the feelings of hopelessness in the case. Just my op

"You can tell a lot about a person. By the way the room looks" I'm sorry, what? Is that even legal for an interviewer to say. They are practically saying that by the way the room looks. You're hired or not. Isn't that illegal? To not provide equal opportunity employment just by the way the room looks? Well, now that I think about it more than likely is legal. But, it's just wrong!

Actually its a thing, she definitely has read some books on it....I have read books where top CEOs etc. and head honchos actually will go outside and somehow look in your car windows to see if your neat and tidy and if the car is clean....if the position they are hiring for is a high up position. They do tacktics like this to see what your like off line...are you as organized and put together as you seem on camera or interview as you are offline? If they see clues of your natural who you are and it doesn't match they won't hire! Its a formula they say for consistency in success. They say success starts in consistant habits.

With places now allowing u to work from home of course the job is going to wonder about your work space. Say u have a zoom call with a client and some emergency happens and as u get up ur camera shifts showing the client a dirty unorganized mess. That client isnt going to think oh its just their home no relation to the work i am having them perform , but rather it will make them question the qork from the company period. Sure u can argue the client is wrong thinking this way but if a company loses a client it doesnt matter if its right or wrong if it could be easily prevented

"fast paced jobs" but you freeze. Sounds like you sucked anyway. If you can't roll with diversity, hard pass.

definitely odd and intrusive, but they had a reason and said it was ok if they didn't want to, plus it didn't seem to demanding in delivery. it also probably wouldn't have been a make or break as to whether or not they'd hire you. just simply declining politely should work, and the interviewer should accept that.

I'm kind of confused about feeling the need to mute the post. Yeah it went viral but I think just about everybody on either side of this, pro-work or anti-work agrees that a job can't tell you to show them your home. That's none of their business and I think that's a bipartisan issue. Nobody's going to disagree with the fact that that agent overstepped by asking to see around your room. Unless they're weird or something. OP just a little bit paranoid.

Candidate fraud is one reason. Not saying it's acceptable but they maybe be wanting to see if you're the person they are actually talking with and/or that your not being fed responses.

I would have said " excuse me, I wasn't aware I was applying for an interior designer job. I thought I was applying for another job, in which case, what you just asked is outside the scope of this interview and an invasion of my right to privacy! Now I really hope we don't have a problem from here on out because otherwise I'm going have to contact your HR department and that just to start". At that point I wouldn't care if I got the job or not because I will not allow someone to try and intimidate me and if they try they're going to find out they've met someone they'll wish they never challenged. As an advocate I have studied government and governmental law's and laws since I was 4 years old because it was my family's legacy and I didn't have a choice because my IQ was so high but it has helped me help others as well as myself. But I don't follow anyone's path but God's and I will do what's right every time and that's why I tell people learn your rights because your rights can be violated easily.

I would show them then tell them to GFY and file a complaint with the AG office because I don't know how this isn't illegal.

I'm taking it you're boss voted for Trump. May think she owns your place now. That's their mindset. They're republican you see?

The best and most professional and responsible answer to this would be "I'm sorry, but for safety reasons I would rather not reveal my home to someone I do not know over the computer. I'm sure you can understand that." Anyone who doesn't understand this shouldn't be in a position of responsibility in the first place. I once had a job helping ESL people over video understand English instructions for setting up Maytag appliances in their home. This was a third shift job for me and most of the people I talked to were in Asia, Africa, and Australia. Most were men. I was tasked with keeping a professional demeanor no matter what as I represented the brand. I can't tell you how many inappropriate calls I had, so I quickly had to develop "professional" responses to delicate situations, including men who for some reason wanted to see my surroundings, my full body, etc.

I work in information security so I say this wearing that hat... One of the biggest issues hiring managers can have right now is hiring a remote employee that's not actually the person who will do the job. There are literally sweat shops operating where they have a head interviewer who tries to get jobs then under them a bunch of workers who try to do that job when they get it. There are several variations to how this works but it's VERY prominent right now, if you aren't watching out for it you will get taken advantage of. This is especially common right now in IT / software engineering jobs. I've known personally multiple CTOs getting bitten by it. And now there are news stories out that interviews are being done by deep fakes that aren't a real person. There may be more sophisticated solutions coming to verify various aspects of you in real time, but right now the recruiter and HR all have to have some plan to deal with it. I've heard of recruiters stating the interview now to test

This is just werid and creepy but legally speaking with all these lawsuits about homebased workplace injuries its a liability issue now. Just imagine tripping over trash in your house and suing because your working.... from home.

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I have read all these comments. The golden rule is and always has been, you don't allow strangers into your home. For safety reasons, family an endless list. Second the internet is an open door for criminal activity. An individual interviewing for said job could be an excon and was provided a job via family or professional connections. Were you provided a background check by the individual, that just asked to view your home? We live in a society that is intrusive and has no boundaries. The power play is for your compliance and not to ask questions. Loving referenced as being a "Sheep". The conditioning for the exercise is happening on TikTok and other social media for teens. They will willing take you around their parents home and into personal spaces and think nothing of it. Now said employers asking to peer into your private spaces. Hard pass. The great thing about adulting? A simple no. You need absolutely no reason or explanation.

I guess I am different, the room my desk is in is quite "busy" my hobby stuff is in there, a wahoo kickr, modular synth etc. I make sure it is a bit organised, and never use background blur. Would gladly show people around and tell something about everything. It is literally 20mins of work to make a room a bit presentable.

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"But as soon as I could tell this was getting a lot of attention, I immediately muted the post because I got overwhelmed" If you get overwhelmed by extra attention, why did you post about your personal life on the world wide web? Sounds pretty dumb to me.