I recently applied for a job and while I expected to see a question regarding criminal history the way this was worded confused me:
“Have you been convicted of a crime offense pursuant to the position that you are currently applying for?”
What does that mean exactly? And why word it that way rather than just doing the standard, “have you been convicted of an offense which you have not received a pardon for?”
I think they might be misusing the word ‘pursuant’, but to me it looks like they’re asking whether you’ve ever been convicted of a crime of a type connected to the type of work you’re applying for - i.e. traffic offences if you’re applying for a job as a driver, sexual deviancy if you’re applying for a job as a childminder, etc.
Are you sure it didn’t say ‘pertinent’?
I guess it means something along the lines of, “if you’re applying for the position of (accountant, bookkeeper, banker), have you ever been convicted of embezzlement”. It’s a strangely worded question though, as if they’re OK with the fact that you might have been convicted of something, as long as it’s not related to the position you’re seeking.
And on preview, I see that this post is somewhat redundant…
ah, what the hell.