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"  You already know the important things you need to be ready to share during a job interview\u2014your resume, job references, and a synopsis of why you&amp;#039;d be so great for the job. But, according to a new report, some employers are also asking for your Facebook username and password as a means of assessing whether you&amp;#039;d make a good fit for their company.  Apparently, this practice is legal, but some states like Illinois and Maryland are working on legislation that would prevent it. Some companies are skirting potential privacy issues by asking job applicants to friend an HR manager or log into a company computer during an interview so they can peruse your Facebook page.  Obviously, this is a sticky situation. You want the job and you think you&amp;#039;d make a great employee. But your profile may show a less-than-professional side of yourself (which you have every right to have). Should a potential employer be allowed to see every aspect of your life, personal as well as professional? We don&amp;#039;t think so. And even if you have the cleanest Facebook profile ever, the fact is, handing over your password is basically like giving perfect strangers the keys to your house and telling them it&amp;#039;s okay to go through your medical records. It just feels...un-American. If you&amp;#039;re asked to fork over your password, politely say no, advises career expert Alexandra Levit, author of They Don&amp;#039;t Teach Corporate in College. &amp;quot;This is an invasion of privacy and is actually unsafe,&amp;quot; she says. She says you should tell the employer that identity theft experts advise never to share passwords.You&amp;#039;re also are within your rights to ask the interviewer why she needs this information and how it relates to your qualification for the job, says career expert Marc Dorio, author of The Complete Idiot&amp;#039;s Guide to The Perfect Job Interview. Depending on their explanation, ask if there is another way to get them the information they need. Of course, refusing to show your Facebook profile to a company who requests it could be a deal-breaker for you and that potential employer. So if you&amp;#039;d rather give them access than risk losing out on the job, make sure you clean up your Facebook page before you go in for an interview, says Levit. That means remove any party photos you&amp;#039;ve ever posted and any comment you&amp;#039;ve made that could potentially be misconstrued.  Have you ever been asked to share your Facebook password during an interview? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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