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I received damages because I was employed by one of the companies found guilty in the conspiracy. The settlement was so low that the judge threw it out initially.

The fact that they didn’t interview me is just the real outcome of their policy. They called me, unprompted, about 2 months after I left Apple.

In a class action lawsuit, where the company was accused of conspiring with several other companies to keep wages artificially low.

Because a company illegally colluded with their competitors not to interview them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-google-settlement/a...

Interviews were allowed, but recruiters weren't allowed to make the initial contact with employees.

Given the high level attention involved - direct emails between Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt - I'd fully expect that policy to bleed over into "don't interview/hire" to avoid any appearance of having recruited them.

Thanks, all, for clarifying.

Still not sure I think it sounds entirely reasonable. But makes a lot more sense to me now. (Am not American).

If you aren't given consideration for a job solely because of illegal reasons, then you have legitimate damages.

Sure. Kind of hard to know why you aren't being invited to an interview though.