I really don’t want to make a Microsoft account but many job interviews are held on Teams. I see that there is a web client which I will definitely use instead of the unofficial Flatpak for Linux.
If I create a Microsoft account with one of my privacy friendly emails (custom domain), would Microsoft start to receive the emails that that account receives? If so, would you suggest that I make a burner Microsoft account for this specific use case?
Why not use an e-mail relay service like Addy.io or SimpleLogin.io? Much better than creating new e-mail accounts all the time.
But to answer your question. E-mails only get sent to wherever the MX records points to, so if your custom domain points to some e-mail service that is not Microsoft, Microsoft would never be able to intercept your e-mails.
I have never used teams so I am thinking that the others may see your email and if they see if it is something random they could be turned off during the interview?
Ah, so not see the “e-mails” but the “e-mail address”
No idea about that. But the invitation to the Teams meeting must be sent somewhere?
Oh, well it possibility could be available in your contact information in Teams, so just use benign words that still have a subtle connection to you I’d say.