Do companies share black marks from your interview?

An exchange with a good friend of mine:

February 4 at 9:50am

Hey. I was listening to my WSJ podcast this morning and they had a story about black marks from mistakes in previous interviews that follow you throughout your career. Given the years you’ve spent as a recruiter and a recruitee (not sure if that word exists), I was wondering what you know about this. I was 10 minutes late for an interview once and have always stressed over it, and now I’m even more worried about it. It’s only a matter of time before I start looking for a new job, so this might become relevant soon. Do you have access to this applicant tracking stuff at your HR dept?

Thanks

February 4 at 4:36pm

wow, this sounds like some repressed fear of the principals office.

so i've heard about that for the big ibank interviews...apparently they have an inter-firm black list.

i'm not aware that the companies i've worked at share that sort of information about candidates, since we all use our own internal software.

i'll tell you that here we have a record of every job people apply and interview for. but we aren't directed to tattle on the candidates for that sort of stuff. i think being a professional means that you don't judge someone for petty things because you don't know the situation that caused it.

i'd say the biggest risk is just gossip between people who you REALLY offend or screw with.

i got written up for not showing up to work one day and not calling in (i was having a nasty anxiety attack)...i was so worried it would affect my interview here, but no one said a word.

we all have skeleton's in our closets, but they are probably only visible to us; everyone else mostly cares about themselves and thinks our problems/fears are cute/funny/petty.

that wraps up bogie's life lessons story for today.

February 4 at 4:36pm

btw, would you mind if i repost this on my blog, anonymously?

February 4 at 7:58pm

Sure. I'd like to see if you get any response.

Thanks for the thoughtful answer. I guess I shouldn't be too worried, especially if a company like yours isn't digging that deep into their applicants' history.

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 I'm interested in your experiences, hunches, fears and nightmares regarding black marks.