High school interview question

[Anonymous]

Long story short: my daughter had her first high school interview this week & during the interview she was asked many questions. They asked about every subject, career interest, hobbies, current books she's reading, etc. At one point, she and the panel were laughing about something (I wasn't in the interview just on the side trying my hardest to listen) then one of the interviewers asked her how many followers she has on Instagram. My child agreed when the interviewer said "is it over 500?" I told her not to mention social media. She's not on it much & I monitor her. She mainly uses it to spy.

Anyway, I could die. Shouldn't all children avoid talking about social media in these interviews? Shouldn't they flat out lie about having accounts?

(I'm not mentioning the school or city)

[Anonymous]

You want her to lie about having an Instagram account? Why? And why in the world would she lie in a high school interview? You realize ANYONE in the world could search for her on the internet right? I teach undergrads and was able to figure out from a student liking one picture on my Instagram what her tumblr, Pinterest, and twitter account names were. This is what we do now to get a full picture of people. You can't lie about something public like that.

[Anonymous]

Is it looked at negatively?

[Anonymous]

If they're asked directly, no, I don't think they should lie. I think your daughter did fine. OP.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thank you!