[originaltext] When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected th

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When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password. Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn’t see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information. Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn’t want to work for a company that would seek such personal information. But as the job market steadily improves, other job candidates are confronting the same question from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no. Since the rise of social networking, it has become common for managers to review publicly available Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other sites to learn more about job candidates. But many users, especially on Facebook, have their profiles set to private, making them available only to selected people or certain networks. In their efforts to evaluate applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person’s social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around. Questions have been raised about the legality of the practice, which is also the focus of proposed legislation in Illinois and Maryland that would forbid public agencies from asking for access to social networks.
22. What surprised Justin Bassett in a job interview?
23. Why did Justin Bassett turn down the job?
24. Why do the companies want to visit their applicants’ Facebook?
25. What has been resulted by this phenomenon in the passage?

选项 A、Because they believe Facebook could tell a person’s capacity.
B、Because they consider it as an efficient way to test loyalty.
C、Because they want to learn more about their applicants.
D、Because they are willing to do some personal contact with their candidates.

答案 C

解析 目的原因题。文中提到,随着社交网络的发展,公司通过浏览应试者的Facebook和Twitter等来了解员工的行为变得很普遍。由此可知,公司浏览员工的Facebook是为了更好地了解员工。
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