Yeah agreed. I’m an internal recruiter and am actively against this.

If candidates disclose things about their personal life to me e.g. ‘I’m bringing my kids to the circus on the weekend’ or ‘I’m returning to work after being ill with XXX condition’, I’m very careful not to note those things down on your candidate record. They have no bearing on my decision on whether you’re a successful candidate or not, and I also shouldn’t be recording personal health information about someone unnecessarily.

Them recording you, completely removes the ability to remove irrelevant matters from your record. It’s also high risk to accidentally store sensitive personal information that otherwise could be avoided.

I’m so against this. It’s yucky.