Lying about being arrested is a quick way to get fired when the background check comes through. Your antisocial suggestion has now escalated from something you could have preemptively explained into termination of employment. Nicely done.
Of course there is a point in asking, to find out. The background check is verification.
Did you know that employers frequently ask for your employment history in the form of a resume, but then they’ll contact one or two recent employers to confirm you were employed?
Trust, but verify. It’s a leaky but effective check against con artists.
