Female job seekers at Bill Gates’ private office asked sexually explicit questions: Report

Some women who sought jobs at billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates’s private office were asked some wildly inappropriate questions like their sexual histories, nude photos, and porn, a report has claimed.

According to The Wall Street Journal, female job candidates reported an extreme vetting process by Concentric Advisors, a security consulting firm during the background checks, which “included questions about pornography and sexual histories”.

The women described going through a screening process that included questions about if they had any previous extramarital affairs, if they had nude images of themselves on their cellphones, and the kind of porn they prefer, of they even “danced for dollars”, past drug use and other parts of their private lives that might indicate they were vulnerable to blackmail.

The report did not indicate if Gates knew about these questions.

A spokeswoman for Gates Ventures was quoted as saying that the “line of questioning would be unacceptable and a violation of Gates Ventures’ agreement with the contractor”.