Should I sign an NDA before my very first interview?

I applied for a Senior Operations Engineer and a Sr. Desktop role.

They want me to sign an NDA before the first interview.

Should I do this? I've applied for many jobs and usually NDA comes after an offer or the first interview.

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Comments

TechGuru80

What is your hesitation? If I was going to have somebody sign one prior to an interview I would NEVER give the interview until it was signed. I've signed them prior to interviews...not that big of a deal. Especially if you are going on site you are likely to see something that should stay internal.

Mike-Mike

I would have no problem doing that

scaredoftests

You are not giving away any personal information are you? If not, sign..

networker050184

I wouldn't have a problem with an NDA. I assume you'll likely be exposed to some internal info. Just a CYA type thing for them. Maybe read it over to make sure nothing crazy is in there.

the_Grinch

When I was in law enforcement they had us sign an NDA prior to the oral board. It was meant as a legal way to stop you from telling people what questions you were asked. It's no big deal, sign it and move on

GreaterNinja

an update, I declined to sign the NDA. They still interviewed me. The interview actually went pretty well. We'll see how it goes for round #2.

Mooseboost

When I worked in purchasing I saw NDA pretty commonly during interviews. It usually involved when when some kind of internal process is revealed or discussed in the interview.

TechGuru80

GreaterNinja wrote: »

an update, I declined to sign the NDA. They still interviewed me. The interview actually went pretty well. We'll see how it goes for round #2.

Again I don't really see why you are fighting it so much?

BradleyHU

i've had to do that for a couple of interviews...never bothered me, cuz there wasn't anything really worth mentioning to anyone anyways...

Mike-Mike

TechGuru80 wrote: »

Again I don't really see why you are fighting it so much?

same here, OP, what is your issue with it?

digitheads

a better question is: "Do you really want the job?"

rsutton

Bad move to decline signing the NDA. There is no valid reason for doing so as it's only a contract to prevent you from exposing proprietary information to external parties. This would be a big red flag to me if I was interviewing someone.