Not only would I not take the interview process further, but I would definitely shy away from any other employers proposing the same tactics.
Your credit rating should have nothing to do with them at all and if they insist upon having the report, they should damned well pay for it themselves.
I'm not absolutely positive, but I am fairly sure that they can't charge you for this. It would be the same as charging you for a required pre-employment drug test.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.