Also seems reasonable if you want a job there bad enough — even if there’s no check. Somebody’s got something the other person wants. Either the employer wants the employee more or the employee wants the job more. Let’s see how it plays out.
I agree desperate circumstances can require desperate measures.
The basic tell is whether a company has a bias toward exploiting candidates' desperation.
Or a bias toward treating candidates how we all would prefer to be treated.
Of course I am assuming that both of us would prefer a request to sign an NDA + a check for legal expenses to a request to sign an NDA without a check.
