From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid 
  
 On 16/08/2025 15:18, Roger Hayter wrote: 
 > On 16 Aug 2025 at 15:07:32 BST, "Jethro_uk"  
 wrote: 
 > 
 >> Recently registered with a job site. 
 >> 
 >> Thanks to it's "curated" approach, I am unable to enter the establishment 
 >> where I got my degree. 
 >> 
 >> It doesn't allow you to add to the list or provide space for "other". The 
 >> only way to proceed is to enter one of it's listed places. 
 >> 
 >> Assuming this outfit were to advance me to an employer who selects me for 
 >> consideration and potentially employment, and assuming I tell the truth 
 >> (if possible) when commencing employment, would there be any issues ? 
 >> 
 >> Is there any general legal principle when very bad (or more often US) 
 >> design results in someone being required to lie to advance an automated 
 >> process ? Or is the strict legal answer that if you cannot answer the 
 >> question truthfully, you are excluded from the process ? 
 > 
 > If you cannot answer the question truthfully, you are excluded from the 
 > process. 
  
 Really, even if there's no intention to defraud, and you correct any 
 false impression at the earliest opportunity (and well before accepting 
 a job)? 
  
  
  
 > 
 > There must be some side channel you can communicate with them, or leave the 
 > question blank. Lying on this form could be anything from an embarrassment 
 to 
 > a criminal offence if you gain employment as a result. And it might prove 
 > difficult to show that you corrected it informally. Perhaps they 
 deliberately 
 > want to confine consideration to certain nationalities? 
 > 
  
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