I straight up got asked in one interview: “how would you react if management asked you to do something illegal?” I answered that I wouldn’t do it. Never received another call from them, but I never looked back!
As a woman, it absolutely BOILS MY BLOOD when interviewers ask me if I'm married or a mom. Angers me beyond belief. To make them feel foolish, I answer back "I'm a cat mom! hahaha...." I had an interview several years ago, which I found out later from their employees, that they didn't pick me because I was a young woman and they didn't want someone taking maternity leaves, who couldn't stay late because of childcare etc. So they hired the married 39 year old mother. Once she signed the contract she said "oh BTW, I'm pregnant". I love revenge. I ended up getting the position because she went on Mat-leave. If I knew that then, I wouldn't have accepted the position.
1. I'm a man and I was asked if I was married, planned to be married, if I was currently a father or planned to be a father and my relationship with my family. I told my interviewer I was not at liberty to discuss my family and I also said that I know they asked about my marital status because they think I'm a sexual harassment liability. 2. Did the interviewer pitch that the company is like a family? I was told that. 3. The interviewer ended the interview and I called the Laboring Department to report the illegal questions. Well now the company closed down.
@@gythamh4364 Same for me. Illegal questions about your marital status, family planning and current family aren't exclusive to women. If the company doesn't like to pay maternity leave they sure as hell don't to like pay for paternity leave.
Companies that ask about marital status, family planning and family status are the same companies that pitch they're a family. Also you can report illegal questions to the Department Of Labor.
When I was interviewing for my current job, I didn't disclose my disability (I'm blind), because it was a remote position and I usually don't need to have an employer provide any accommodations. Having worked remotely and accommodated it myself for 25 years, I know what I'm doing. It turns out they knew anyway, because when they were researching me before the first interview, the hiring manager found a podcast I was on where I talked about my vision loss. I found that out 3mo after I was hired, when they went through a round of issuing new equipment. They approached me and their attitude then was "We want to upgrade your equipment, because we want you to have the best experience here we can provide. What do you need to be productive and happy?" I think I hit the jackpot for places to work.
I did an interview last week and I was asked if I was married, planned on getting married, if I had a boyfriend, and how long we've been together for. These questions made me very uncomfortable and this was the first time anyone has ever asked me illegal questions. The rest of the interview went well, and I was called back a week later by the employer letting me know I was chosen. I declined the offer because I don't believe the employer won't try to do anything shady. Great video, I will use these answers if this ever happens to me again (I hope not).
I honestly don’t want to work for anyplace that asks illegal questions. If they do that before I’m an employee, what nonsense would they come up with when I’m an employee.
@@greyhound-t3k I think I know what @baller means. I’ve worked with some IT managers who are used to working with employees on an H1B visa. They do pretty much anything asked. And the culture is very much company-first, be grateful all the time, etc. US employees OTOH tend to know their rights better (such as FMLA or ADA accommodations) and work to live. That was some very broad generalities and obviously doesn’t apply to everybody.
- if the employer asks these questions they might not have malicious intent. They've been told to connect. The answers suggested here could put the interviewer on guard with their evasiveness. - If the questions are asked with malicious intent would you really want to work for them anyway?
As a woman I always get asked about family plans. The bad thing is that even if you do answer with no they don’t believe you. Apparently as I am a female in childbearing years I must want to start a family.
It's highly unlikely that these questions on are the interview forms(the record of exactly what is asked during the interview) but more dubiously asked during "small talk."
@@Nepthu I don't know how things work in the US, but in the Netherlands (at least not where I interviewed or was part of the interview process) no official forms are made about the interview.
I've been asked "So, uh.... Are you married? Do you have kids? What's your family like?" And I answered it to the effect that my family is supportive of my decisions. The interviewer tried to spin the question as "Well, I've noticed people who are married and have families are more likely to stay committed to a job than some young person who doesn't have other commitments." Absolutely blew my mind to even hear that
I just got hired to work the front desk of a medical office. They're national and they loved that I want a career and to grow. They also like that I want to get a masters to further my skills and career with a company. I think this could go places
When I was younger, I was unaware that these are actually illegal questions to be asked. I was asked many of these in an interview with a well known finance company, including whether I planned to have kids, how long would I be out of work if I should become pregnant, and also whether I liked to drink/party(am I fun?). If this EVER happens to me again, I'll simply ask if I can "go get my glasses". (FYI--I don't actually wear glasses, it would be my way of walking OUT) Who on earth would work for any company with an HR dept willing to break laws? 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
When I was 27, I got asked my age by the interviewer. I had thought the interview was going well and I did end up answering her and the interview continued. I was very interested in this company and the role and was even asked back for a second interview. However, when I showed up, she acted surprised that I was there. I had been on probably 100 interviews by that time and never got a date or time wrong. In hindsight, the lady was nuts and I’m glad I dodged that bullet.
The same prospective employer asked in one interview: 1. Do you make a good cup of coffee? (I was applying to be an accounts officer) 2. Are you married? 3. Do you plan to have kids? 4. What does your partner do for work? 5. Do you live with your partner? I got through the interview professionally (on my part), was offered the job, and declined immediately. This was a position I was applying for was presented to me through a recruitment agency, so I told them frankly that the questions were unprofessional and I had no interest in working there. I also told them that if any future prospective employers asked me the same questions, I would not be interested. Fortunately found a different position with a great employer. In fact, I think I laughed down the phone when the recruiter asked me if I would take the job. And then explained why I was laughing.
"How do you wash your clothes ?" Was the only question I was asked by the third person in the interview. When they asked if I had any questions I asked the third person that question and she went step by step her washing process. This position was for a IT help desk with low pay and bad hours.
Got an application before phone interview and it included: age, eye color, hair color, height and weight questions. But they were cute about it by including a disclaimer that you are not required to answer. i refused the interview because the questions were inappropriate
Though asking about age is technically a no-no, there are some ways an employer can find out your age. For example, when applying for a position in a childcare center, the employer may request college transcripts which shows job related courses and units. The year you graduated from high school will be shown on transcript documents. Also, on the job application itself, they'll ask for any college degrees and the year the degrees were obtained. A really rude thing that happened to me was one of my center directors made a comment about my age. I was picking myself up after an activity when this director said, "It's kind of hard to get up at your age, isn't it?" I was fifty years old at the time.
If you get asked about you racial or ethnic background or if they imply anything about it in the interview. Simply refuse the position. It is not worth working in a place like that in the long term.
in the US, maybe 95% of these employers will ask for your ethnicity right off the bat on the application form. they legally must allow you to decline to identify, but the fact they even ask in the first place is weird enough.
If I had a nickel for every time I was asked about my "family planning future" when I was a young woman, I could have retired years earlier, LOL. Sometimes it was cleverly cloaked, other times I was asked straight up. At first, I was astonished at the brazenness of it; as I got older, I was just annoyed. I was desperately looking for a new job by the late 1990s but I was in my 40s by then, and the explanations I got for the jobs I didn't get leaned more toward age discrimination. I did get a new job, however, and I retired from that employer last year. I am done!
All the best with that. Hardly ever met a respectable HR staffer. They are usually the agents of crude downsizing and clueless users of data. They do the hatchet job for the incompetent senior management who made the errors of judgement that got the organisation into trouble. Essentially, they're redundant when they've done the paperwork to get rid of everyone else. They are not there to ensure a brilliant staff team. They require everyone else to follow proceedings beyond the letter of the documentation while they, themselves, continue blithely indifferent to all regulations and good practice. Be careful what you get into. It may bear little resemblance to what you expect
My first management position, was at a hotel restaurant. I wasn't supposed to be doing the hiring but my boss didn't feel like doing the interview and told me to go do it. I had zero training on how to conduct an interview and asked some illegal questions because I had no idea they were illegal or even how I was supposed to do an interview. I'm pretty sure it was just as awkward for the poor woman as it was for me. I later found out that my boss didn't want to interview her because she wasn't cleared to work in the country and hour hotel required employees to be, (which never stopped my boss before even though we were supposed to run an E-Verify) and that he had told someone else he would hire her, but he didn't want to keep his word and so didn't want to talk to her. While there was much about that job that was "low quality", I was young and I learned a lot through all the insanity that happened there.
Is it legal to ask what your spouse does for a living? I have read about women being walked to their car by the interviewer to see if they had a child seat in their car, very sneaky!
Unless the employer wants to make sure you know about the awesome daycare they provide, can't think of why they'd need to know. EEOC states- Questions about marital status, children or pregnancy are considered questions that are not related to assessing a candidate for potential job fit. They should be discussed after a candidate has accepted a job offer, if necessary.
I was asked about if I planned on starting a family, my current family (examples being if I'm an only child, if my mother and father are married) if I'm seeing anyone or married. I told them that anything that has no relevance to my work performance is confidential information that I'm not at liberty nor am I'm comfortable to discuss.
When you get your first job, start preparing for retirement. Don’t spend your hard earned money foolishly cause that 20 or so years just fly by. Best of luck
I watched this video yesterday. Today a recruiter asked me how much I was currently making. I had the published pay range in front of me so I just turned it around and asked about the published numbers lol. Great videos, I watched almost all of them now.
I was once asked to provide bank statements to prove that I can afford to pay for my childcare. Needless to say, I didn’t accept the invite for a second interview.
Catching up on older videos here -- I want to add that sometimes you can be asked these illegal questions as a reference for someone else! I'm a reference for an old friend/former coworker, and was asked if they've taken any medical leave. I gave them the benefit of the doubt since this company was in Europe, but politely explained that legally in the US I can't disclose that kind of information. If I run into these kinds of questions as an interviewee, if I believe it's an honest mistake (e.g., small talk can bring up questions like this) then I take the same route and maybe thank them for their interest, but offer a note of caution that the question may run afoul of EEOC/ADA/etc -- and tie that into my own experience of having been on the other side interviewing candidates myself. Even if it wasn't an honest mistake, it's a decent disarming tactic.
I have depression which is on the self ID form here. It counts as a disability because I cannot legally be fired for taking a mental health day unless I abuse such accommodation. Yet I get asked about my mental health in interviews. It is offensive and uncomfortable and I feel like I have to lie to get the job. So those places aren't worth working at.
I was just asked yesterday on a teams interview..."What year did you gradualte college?" When I said 1977, the interviewer had a noticeable reaction. Then he immediately saw the gap in years from 1977 to the first job on my resume, 1993. I explained I left off early experience that was not that relevant, he cringed again. The next day they said they were no longer interested in me.
An interviewer, in one interview, asked me about my religious background, my wife's national origin, how many kids we had, where they lived, and my age. And this was a "professional" interviewer from an executive search firm. 🙂
I recently went through a series of interviews. At least five different companies asked me most or all of these: "'Do you have a family? Kids, wife? How long have you been married, how old are your kids?" "Do you have any disabilities or medical issues of any kind?" "How old are you?" I answer with a general decade-based answer. "What, you can't tell me your age?" "What was your rate of pay at your past 4 employers?" All of these were very small electrical contracting companies, and all clearly need to get with the times.
Another very helpful video. Some of these I didn't expect and am glad to know (just in case) such as workplace accidents, year of graduation or arrest reccord. From a distance they look harmless. Thank you for bringing these to the light and recommending ways to answer. Good to stear the focus back to meeting the requirements of the current position.
What do people think of those “personality assessment” test many employers have you take online when applying? They say there are no “wrong answers,” but clearly there are. Since the exam is slanted towards neurotypical people, autistic people are always discriminated against because they don’t dare answer “honestly” because they often see the world from a perspective that ordinary people see as “odd” or “inappropriate.” Likewise, the exams are designed to disqualify someone who is lying, but how is that accomplished? Every applicant essentially “lies” to promote themselves in a job application.
ive seen them. i think they present a situation and ask if you will act aggresively, passively and proactively about it. I assume that the proactive approach is always the right one.o like, a meeting is coming, what do you do? a) not share your ideas b) state them even though the meeting is about something else c) ask if you could have some time at the end to share them. im not sure how much they determine if someone gets hired or if they notice if you lie though.
I once had the displeasure of going through a personality assessment test with word associations. It was not in my native language, and even though I boldly claim and have proven I'm fluent in the language they interviewed me in, they put together two words that I had never heard in that combination before (think like "what's your response to "butter-ecclesiastic?", as nonsensical as that). I understood both words in themselves, but got so hung up on them and even tried to have them tell me the exact same word combination in any other language I speak, but they refused. Well, your butter-ecclesiastic asses don't need me for this job lol, bye
I had an interviewer ask what level of health insurance I would need. I was still single with no kids at the time, and didn’t think about how bad that question was until much later. Sneaky way to find out my family situation 😕
Disclaimer : Not legal advice just for educational purposes only. To add to this excellent informative video. Please record while you're in the interview. Secretly record. Hope you are in a one party consent state. Wish everyone the best.
20+ years ago when I was applying for jobs just out of college, I had several interviewers ask me how much of my education I paid for myself. I wasn't sure if I said my parents paid for it that I sounded like a spoiled brat or if I said that I paid for my expenses that they would think I wasn't rich enough. Still don't know what the right answer would have been.
Hello from Vietnam, Brian ! It's very exciting knowing these facts in interviewing dos and don'ts in the US, they're completely opposite to the interview norms in Vietname where these questions are very common & acceptable for interviewers to ask. For most of international students achieved their degrees in the US, the biggest concern is not getting any job due to the nationality & citizen discrimination. Thank you for your helpful content & knowledge!!
I've got a question for you. Recently I had an in person interview after an online interview, and it went well. Before the interview, I was sent some disclosure information and given an application to fill out. I chose to fill out information in the application that was not in my resume (references upon request and some more education detail), but chose not to fill out the section about previous employment. Instead, I wrote "see resume" in this section. In that section were blank spots asking for my previous wages from my former and current position. After the technical section of the interview concluded, the HR manager and I were alone, and she asked why I hadn't filled out my previous wages. She declared that she didn't know what my salary expectations were because I didn't provide that information. I told her that her headhunter told me that the position compensation ranged from 50-80k, depending on level and experience. She shared with me that for this position the headhunter had been instructed to tell candidates that the pay would go up to 30/hr. I commented that since this position is niche and specialized that her range would be acceptable. The HR manager seemed a bit exasperated, closed her notebook, and shifted gears to discuss benefit packages. Was this line of question from her illegal? After our meeting, I followed up and got some additional information and gave her my expectations based on more detail from her benefit package explanations. Was there another way I could have handled that? Is there another way she could have handled that? What ways should a candidate deal with a question coming at a high intensity moment at a second in person interview? Finally, shouldn't the HR manager know what they expect to pay for this position, and shouldn't they bear the burden in this verbal transaction?
Hi Bryan, I've watched several of your videos and explored your website a bit, too. I really appreciate the helpful information! Something you mention frequently is the idea that the candidate should be interviewing the company also. What does that look like? Would you consider doing a video with a few key questions candidates should be asking?
I've actually lost out on jobs because I discussed my disability before or after the process. Even had a company hire me as a contractor and then tell me budget cuts made the position become unavailable. Can you do a video on how to handle job interviews when you do have a disability and need to make sure it's accommodated?
Actually it's a little more involved than filling out a voluntary form for disability accomodations. The voluntary form doesn't ask about accomodations but if you have a disability.
@@goyaliza my honest advice is to not disclose it AT ALL. I don't know your situation exactly or disabilities. They can find it out after once you're protected after the probation period. Sounds terrible but you have to look out for you. I understand some disabilities are far more difficult to uphold but if you think these companies are going to be honest with you about why you were ghosted or rejected...think again. They are just quiet about it now so if you can or don't have to bring it up...Do not bring it up! Best of luck to you and hope you are doing well!
I don't think you would need to bring it up in the interview at all. As mentioned, if you can do the job with reasonable accommodations, there's no issue. Since employers are required by law to provide reasonable accommodations, you can let them know after you are hired.
In regards to agism, or asking how old you are, when you're applying for a job online (and nearly all jobs require you to apply online), one section of the online application will ask you to fill out your high school, and will also *REQUIRE* that you choose what year you graduated from a drop-down menu. You cannot click "next" or "submit", as the button will be greyed out, until you fill in that information. If this were illegal in any way other than on paper, three quarters of the companies in the US would all be fined or shut down. So the employer doesn't need to ask. This, and some other questions, are already known, because they're required on the initial online application, which you cannot skip past without filling out.
I pulled myself from consideration for a position due to the "what year did you graduate" question. I was a new college graduate at the time, so it would have worked in my favor probably, but it was transparently predatory to me. This was paired with the fact that a current employee of theirs had told me they had new employees sign a 3 year non-compete agreement that said you would not work for any industry competitor for three year after you left AND they were bragging that 75% of their workforce was under the age of 25. By the way- major corporate software company. YIKES. I was happy to stay away.
To me, this was a sign that they were exploiting new college graduates at low salaries before they knew better. The non-compete contracts, if you abided by them, would have meant you could not be employed at all if you left them- so you would be trapped. They actively did not care about your level of experience. They even told me so in round one of the interviews. They told me that they wanted to train their own, so they preferred people with less industry experience. They wanted young and ignorant so they could burn you out. I didn't do it, then got a great job a few months later that was a way better entry into the workforce.
I was actually fired from a telemarketing company to having dyslexia. Also my job has been threatened because of my allergies. I have been asked all of these questions in interviews. Also all of these questions are on every application.
@A life after layoff the bigger issue is when you want to take a new job and make sure that it's a right fit and that the company will accommodate. There's no guarantee that they will and then you are at risk. When the disability goes beyond the physical or mental to something like an airborne good allergy. It's a hard one for everyone because a company may not want to tell employees don't eat peanuts in these areas but it can send someone to the hospital. That rabbit hole gets very complicated and deep for all parties.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff voluntary, but you can't move forward without answering. I don't mind the questions, except for the SSN. This is invasive and dangerous info to share if they don't protect carefully.
Actually, I have worked in jobs the are exclusive to US Citizens. I worked on the Tricare medical insurance benefit for active and retired miliary - with a heath insurance subcontractor, which was my employer. I had to get a security clearance as part of the hiring process. So, I had to answer the "Are you a US Citizen" question to even be considered. I worked in that role for 4 years.
Thanks for the advice. I'm about to graduate from college, and I'm interested to hear your thoughts on how to stall on offers that aren't necessarily your first choice while waiting for potentially better offers to come through.
@@jeffmartin5419 it's an illegal question, What I meant to say was that they cannot ask, "can you work weekends" in these exact words. They have to ask it in a different way because it's a possible religious discrimination
@@prateekkarn9277 it’s only religious discrimination if they ask about your religion. Any religion could claim they can’t work weekends due to their religious beliefs, not just a Jewish person. Christians have the sabbath also. Whether or not you can work weekends also applies to your ability to do the job. They absolutely can ask you if you can work weekends and you’d get laughed out of court if you tried to call it discrimination.
@@Hannah-zw9ow um you did watch the video right? It's not about determining which religion you are I think. I think it's more about how religious you are. And then judging you on that, maybe they would want less religious people so that they can be called on weekends easily?
Thank you as always! Great info, and good solution to this common problem. The gist... Always Bring it back to the fact that you are qualified for the position, and plan to contribute great work, while avoiding directly answering illegal/ inappropriate questions.
I have a bigger landmine for you. Interviewing people for an entry level lab job one candidate, (a teacher looking to make more money with a second job) at the end of the interview said, "How come you haven't asked me anything about my personal life? I'm a single mother and need money for my kids." Obviously trying to use guilt/pity in her favor. I replied, that not only did I not ask, but I do not want her to offer the information as it is not germane to the job and asking that could justify suing if she didn't get the offer.
This was so good I watched it again! I have several interviews coming up. Good to refresh. And I got asked one of the illegal questions in an email today: do you require sponsorship. I used your answer sort of: “I can work for any company in the US without restrictions.”
My girlfriend is in Human Resources and had a brain tumor. Her hair fell out and she had a scar on her head. She was better but said she had to wait for her hair to grow out because she would be discriminated against.
One place I applied at was a manufacturing/ assembly facility, and their job application was geared more towards shop workers than office workers. There was a section for listing previous jobs, and how much you made there. The instructions stated all blanks must be filled or they will not accept the application. I had worked contract jobs at larger places who could offer higher wages, but did not want to scare off an offer for longer term employment. I wrote on the side of the form, "I will discuss this during the interview." I didn't feel that was unreasonable, considering I had not heard the range of pay they were offering.
Thank You So Much for making this, and all the other videos! No one helps me with job searches. If they do it's useless info, like say "9-er" instead of saying "9." No, I'm not kidding.
I have been asked about to work on Sundays in an interview phone call and I never realise that was an illegal question and I really did answer that question as well, and it has impacted and I was never hired but thankfully.
I have an invisible disability (severe Crohn's disease) that will definitely affect my work at least a few days a year, but I don't know how to best communicate that information in an interview. I've tried to talk about it in the first interview, but never got a response after. I've tried only telling in the last stage after I thought the job offer was guaranteed and I blew it. I've tried to not mention it at all, and I got hired but eventually they found out and I was fired (they used a bs excuse). In my current job (big4) I didn't tell anything during the interview was hired and due to covid and working from home was able to keep it a secret during the first 6 months after which they could not fire me with out cause (work in Europe). So now I'm kind of stuck to this job because any interview I have if I talk about my disability I don't get hired and if I don't I risk being fired when they inevitably find out.
I was interviewed by a small company and these were some of the red flags I observed: 1) He asked me "When did you graduate and how long did you complete your degree?" I think it was a way to calculate my age. He asked if there was a gap in my education. 2) The interviewer kept on mentioning his kids and I don't know if it was their way to figure out if I plan on having kids. I did not say anything. 3) What other jobs have you applied for?
I'm 19 in Houston and I have a MA certificate every interview that I've gone ask me these questions before or after their little intro and I was born and am authorized to work here, but what I keep getting is "Aw you are so young" "do you live with your parents?" They see me as a Hispanic only which is very inappropriate and harmful
Love the video. I've been fortunate to have rarely been asked illegal questions. I'm just going to offer a counterpoint to one of the illegal questions from my experience. When my son was small, I interviewed for a job with on-call rotation. I knew they couldn't ask if I had children. My spouse was a stay-at-home parent. I found a way to work in that I had a small child at home. My thought was if it's going to be a problem, I'd rather not get the job offer.
Before they changed the laws here in California, employers always asked what you currently make, that way they could go after people who weren’t going to ask for as much as higher paid people. This was typical on every application. Now, it’s so nice that they can’t ask that and that you can ask them what the salary range is for a position and they are legally required to answer that question.
Your videos are great! Bet you’re gonna grow very fast very soon. Can you do something about this fan in the background? I watched most of your stuff and this fan noise gets irritating :( Anyway, good luck and thanks for another advice!
I had a terrible experience recently when interviewing for a position with a small start up company. The interview process was long, excessive and exhausting. When I got to the final interview they asked a lot of personal questions, including if I had a relationship with my mother (which I don't). Just felt very uncomfortable and unprofessional. I knew when I left that I didn't get the job, despite all my hard work to get to that point. Can't imagine how bad it would have been to actually work for them, I probably dodged a bullet!!
Wow. That's a new one I've never heard of before: do you get along with your mother?? That's utterly absurd and beyond intrusive. Too bad you couldn't think fast enough to say my mother is dead. That would have put them in their place in a millisecond! You most certainly dodged a bullet. Also, unless the position is extremely high level, I'm very wary of these mega complicated, long drawn-out hiring processes--it usually means the employer is fishing for a vulnerable person they can exploit.
You could have taken charge. A small start up will be desperate to get the right person and very nervous because recruitment is a new thing for them. Just toss the paper away and suggest they start again. Ask them how they feel as a new company. What are their fears and hopes. Show, with facts from your past, how you can help them realise their hopes and mitigate their fears. They are not doing you a favour. You are offering them your services, if they are worth it
Having a family while it's not appropriate to ask during an interview, it is seemingly necessary to advance the corporate ladder. Very few high level positions are held by single people. People in general I think want to work with someone else that shares their values and with whom they have something in common
On the disability thing, you're right that they can't use that as a reason to not hire you, but they can also just not give you any reason at all and not hire you, or come up with some other lame excuse. What are you going to do, sue them? Maybe I'm just too jaded being stuck in the hell that is entry level software engineering.
employers DO discriminate against disability all the time, its incredibly easy to do, as long as they dont say thats the reason you didnt get hired, and they did not mention disability when interviewing, they can have that reason, and they do. they can make their decision based on any assumption, as long as they dont voice it, their butts are covered. if youll notice most disabled people are unemployed, while most of them, can, and want, to work.
My issues don't meet as a disability fully..but I have been struggling with debilitating periods that for only a day or two comprise my ability to work. I have expressed this to employers in interviews and sitll got hired but would end up having my job security threatened even after my flawless 90 days. Its insane.
Hey Brian, thank you for your support and for creating a well-informed channel on work-related topics to better your career. I really appreciate it. My question is How do you handle a situation when a future employer asks you to do a trial day at work?
Litterally there is almost no bussiness in my state that will even do an interview with a person unless they answer about half these questions. It's on every application. I'm not even exaggerating.
Even if I don’t answer these questions, I am required to hand official papers showing all the informations about myself after I get the job in my country. Totally irrelevant for how I do my job.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff How is any of this " voluntary" when all the online applications for every single job do not allow aaplicants to submit it unless they fill out graduation dates and agree to a background check--including credit, except for nine states--even when a position has nothing to with finances? Could you please do a video addressing those specifics for the application?
I'm a veteran and thanks to my service I'm pretty unemployable unless I know someone at the place I'm applying to. I've had all sorts of horrible interviews, on the incredibly rare chance I even get one. I had one woman ask me, as her first question: "I see you were in the military, how many people have you killed?" I haven't killed anyone, and answered honestly. I hated it, but I was a single father of two boys and unemployed, I really didn't see that I had a choice. She insisted on asking other questions like "How many times have you been shot at?", "How many friends have you watched die?" She must have asked 5 or 6 questions like this before I finally gave up and asked what any of this had to do with the job. She turned around and told me that since I was going to lie to her that she was ending the interview right there. Well, I figured I had nothing to lose, so I just laid into her and cussed her out. I had another interview that was going great. He told me the hours and starting pay (which is important later), but we were laughing and having a good time. He liked how experienced I was and how my work ethic seemed so much better than everyone he had working so far based on the answers to the questions he asked. At the end he goes "You really confuse me. All veterans are criminals or have mental problems, so what's wrong with you?" At first I thought this was just an doff color joke, so I let it slide (see above as to why) but he immediately looks at me and goes "I do thorough background checks, so I'll find out." To his surprise, there was nothing wrong with me. A couple days later he asked if I wanted the job, but then told me that the company has changed its policies, and now the day started two hours earlier, which he knew I couldn't do, but I paused for a second and said that I could find someone to get my kids to school in the morning, so it shouldn't be too bad. I could hear him hemming and hawing on the other end, then he told me that it turns out my starting pay was going to be minimum wage since I didn't have any experience. I reminded him that he himself said I had more experience than most of the people he already had working there, and he the said "Sorry, I meant that was the new company policy too." This was at most a third of what he told me what the starting pay was in the interview, and since I couldn't afford to drive all that way, and pay someone to watch my kids in the morning, I had to turn it down, not that I was upset about that one. But yea, these are typical interviews I get, when I can get them.
I've also been asked that question "have you killed anyone" in an interview. The military is truly a mystery to many who only know war movies and those same people definitely don't value months/years of in-service schools as well as utilizing those skills on the job for years. Another one you're up against a road block with is "management/leadership experience" even if you've done that in the military. They're also surprised not every veteran has PTSD. Anyone in the military should look into using their GI Bill while still in because civilian employers do not thank you for your service or whatever the latest cliche is when hiring.
I don't remember my interview with my current employer,, but I think I recall the salary one, if I had a girlfriend... And after being hired, in the first 6-ish months he asked numerous times if I had gotten a girlfriend, talking to me about my mental health, basically push that personal boundary and I would get angry with him (the mental health one particularly pissed me off). He's backed off since then, but it's damage done at this point.
I hate having to hide and be dishonest during interviews. But being truthful gets me nowhere. I have a service dog. People hate that. Even homedepot wants nothing to do with me.
Could you do a video on how much weight having, or not having, a degree carries on a resume? Thank you for all of these videos. These are amazing tools!
@@ALifeAfterLayoff I understand that, however there are many companies, or in my case higher education institutions, that will list something along the lines of "Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate" even though a degree is listed as a "requirement". My question above directly relates to the weight a degree may carry in that instance. For me personally, I have 58 hours of college credit towards a business degree, and nearly 15 years experience in finance. My current title is Financial Analyst 1. Due to the fact that some employers list the statement above, I feel it necessary to list my credit hours earned in college as a part of my resume to show a mixture of both relevant education and experience. That said, it's not a degree. Which brings me back to the original question that was hoping to get some more elaboration on.
Thanks for the reminders. I knew these but nearly every application or interviewer asks at least some of them. Bad employment opportunities everywhere in South Jersey and on Cape Cod, MA. Sick of it.
I'd say if im asked an illegal question "its not any of your business, I'm here to contribute my skills, knowledge and expertise to your organisation" If it becomes a repeat pattern to the point of being annoying, then I'll withdraw my application and file a complaint with someone higher in the company if applicable
In few countries, recruiters/ hiring managers consider them as some privileged species and looking down on people/ candidates as their birthrights, which in reality it is sad and disgraceful.
Yes, I have been asked a few of them questions. As well for the USA citizen sometimes it is required due to you'll need secret clearance for a job in tech
I knew I didn't have a job when I was asked what other transportation companies I was applying at. I answered honestly because I knew at that moment. Left that interview and had a phone interview at my current company within 1 hour
@@_baller If they have a coffee maker in their office, and pictures of their family in their office, I'm not an professional like this guy but...saying that may get you the job.
@@_baller I'm 22 & have learned how to get any job I practice done quickly and effectively. I was cleaning like a madman before covid. I don't feed fights and unessesary drama at work. I in general don't act mean to people but still know when I have to speek the truth. I used to show up to work on average 30 minutes early. I work for other people, overtime, and double shifts. I know exactly what makes a business run, and the reason that business has the customers it does. I know exactly what the business needs to do to have a better customer base. I know how to organize, work with a time limit, write a budget, write a schedule, prioritized. All that doesn't matter because I don't have a large pile of collage debt. That is I guess the only thing that matters to companies. Having inferriors who are stuck in the cold swimming pool. I'm not trying to be bitter, it's just this attitude makes people litterally die.
@@_baller I just havn't gone to collage because one of the degrees I looked into costs $30,000.00 to get to the end -not garenteing a degree. Right now I can't even get a junk car which the good one's are $3,000.00 to $15,000.00 those are the cheep ones. If someone asked me to pay $5.00 out of the blue right now I couldn't do it. Why would I be able to pay $30,000.00?? It's a strait up gamble. I rather be sure of a good outcome. I don't want to live life trying to mesure up to someone else's perception of perfect when they've proved to me that they don't know what that is, and don't want to find out. Things that benefit, me benefit others. I can't be a river flowing if I have no water, that's called a famine. Yes you have needs, yes you could die if those are not met. But no. We are equals. If I am in responsible for something, I don't just watch it run around burning houses and destroying eco systems.
@@_baller I don't have to take a bribe from stranger. My physical activities Do effect my personal life. I don't need to measure up to a stranger's expectations. And yes, I want to change harmful behaviors I exhibit and behaviors that harm others. The people I work with end up being me, usually. It's not good, and I need to stop copying others so much, but if I work with phycopaths and narcissists, who's to say I am any diffrent then one?
How do you handle these questions when they are required on the online application such as education and date of graduation? Need to complete the application before resume is sent.
Here's the rub. Although they questions are illegal, the employer will still get the info out of you. For example, they can tell your age when they meet you. From that, they estimate how much longer you plan to work.
from an H.R. site: Birth dates: Making inquiries about an applicant's birth date can give the perception that the employer is using age as a decision-making factor in the hiring process. If federal law or the employer's state law requires a minimum age for employment for certain occupations, then the employer can ask applicants if they are at least the minimum age required for employment. Graduation dates: Making inquiries of an applicant's school graduation date can reveal an applicant's age. To obtain information on whether an applicant holds a degree or a diploma, the employer can simply ask if the applicant has graduated and what degree was obtained. Although it’s not illegal to ask questions that may reveal an applicant’s age, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s regulations indicate that such questions will be closely scrutinized to determine if there is a legitimate business need for the information that does not amount to age discrimination. For example, an employer that conducts background checks to verify educational credentials would have a legitimate need for high school and college graduation dates, although it might be better to request dates of graduation after a tentative offer of employment has been extended. If an employer does not verify educational information, however, there would not appear to be any legitimate reason for asking for graduation dates. Employers do have a right, in any event, to require applicants to state whether they have graduated from high school, college or other schooling. In an era in which embellishment and outright lying on resumes are common, employers have a legitimate interest in requiring applicants to certify on their job applications that the educational background (as well as employment history and other information) provided is correct.
I work in manufacturing and there are a lot of jobs that require U.S. citizenship. If the company does any defense contract work they might be subject to ITAR regulations. This is why Space X cannot hire foreign citizens. The company will usually tell you that before the interview though.
I was asked if I have a partner (which is an ilegal question in Germany), why I don't have a partner, and the next question really puzzled me: What qualities should my ideal partner have? I didn't answer it, but I answered why I don't have a partner.
I had a manager who was disappointed that HR told him he couldn't discriminate based on gender. He only wanted to hire females because it's a male dominated industry. I was disgusted.
I have been asked about my family. This was years ago and I told him that the question was illegal. He actually asked more then one illegal question. I ended the interview!
Employers can't ask when you graduated... Except it's expected to put graduation date on your resume, and in some circumstances they could ask for a copy of your degree or diploma for verification.
Water dog, times have changed. A middle aged person do not have to put the date of graduation and in my case the date I discharged from the military 30 years ago on their resume. Yes, it’s true that I will have to produce proof of my education level and discharge papers, but that’s part of the clearance process , not for the interview. We already attest that we know the information given on the application is true and valid. It could be grounds for dismissal if you lie anywhere! There is a lot of discrimination for older candidates so there are some guidelines for “rebranding” our resumes! 🤨
The interviewers should be more nervous than the interviewee - if they're seriously concerned for the resilient development of their organisation and, therefore, genuinely want to find an excellent person for the position. Get it wrong, and they face a whole new recruitment process and possible costs to compensate a person they hire by mistake. So it pays to go in with a sense of you being the top dog in the room. Eg, if they ask about plans for family, it may be incompetence or deliberately being out if order. Either way, you can respond by asking if the organisation is resilient to cope with maternity or paternity leave. Put them on the back foot politely. Are they worthy of your talents? Suggest how you can enhance their resilience. Do research. Be prepared to ask about the organisation's strategy, current status, plans for the future. How much stake do the interviewers have in the survival and prosperity of the organisation? Be prepared to turn them down and convey that subliminally and politely
Not only have I've been asked some of those questions, but in some interviews some of those were the very first questions I was asked, right from the beginning. I've also had other people who have been asked about being pregnant, marital status (are you single?), where is the accent from, and a whole lot of other questions. Sadly, many companies get away with getting that information anyway because a lot of people voluntarily publicize it in online social media.
On the arrest record question... In my company, and specifically department, you are required to be able to obtain a license that is based on a favorable background check... Is it OK to ask "do you have this license?" and if they say "no" follow up with "is there any reason why you would be denied this license?" (most times they ask what would disqualify them) and I answer with "have you been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude- that is lying, cheating, stealing."
my state's licensing dept states it does not have a set amount of time that must have passed before you can apply for a professional license. It helps if it has been 5 years since your last conviction, or 3 years since your last imprisonment. Also, look into expungement of your record or as well as sealing it. Check with your state licensing dept for detail. If it looks favorable, put that on your application.
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I straight up got asked in one interview: “how would you react if management asked you to do something illegal?” I answered that I wouldn’t do it. Never received another call from them, but I never looked back!
And it turned out a blessing that you were rejected!
The correct answer is: I'll rat on the mofo.
Ive been asked numerous times about being hurt on the job.
Good call
@Antonio Noboa What place was this?
As a woman, it absolutely BOILS MY BLOOD when interviewers ask me if I'm married or a mom. Angers me beyond belief. To make them feel foolish, I answer back "I'm a cat mom! hahaha...." I had an interview several years ago, which I found out later from their employees, that they didn't pick me because I was a young woman and they didn't want someone taking maternity leaves, who couldn't stay late because of childcare etc. So they hired the married 39 year old mother. Once she signed the contract she said "oh BTW, I'm pregnant". I love revenge. I ended up getting the position because she went on Mat-leave. If I knew that then, I wouldn't have accepted the position.
1. I'm a man and I was asked if I was married, planned to be married, if I was currently a father or planned to be a father and my relationship with my family. I told my interviewer I was not at liberty to discuss my family and I also said that I know they asked about my marital status because they think I'm a sexual harassment liability.
2. Did the interviewer pitch that the company is like a family? I was told that.
3. The interviewer ended the interview and I called the Laboring Department to report the illegal questions. Well now the company closed down.
@@gythamh4364 Same for me. Illegal questions about your marital status, family planning and current family aren't exclusive to women. If the company doesn't like to pay maternity leave they sure as hell don't to like pay for paternity leave.
Companies that ask about marital status, family planning and family status are the same companies that pitch they're a family. Also you can report illegal questions to the Department Of Labor.
When I was interviewing for my current job, I didn't disclose my disability (I'm blind), because it was a remote position and I usually don't need to have an employer provide any accommodations. Having worked remotely and accommodated it myself for 25 years, I know what I'm doing.
It turns out they knew anyway, because when they were researching me before the first interview, the hiring manager found a podcast I was on where I talked about my vision loss.
I found that out 3mo after I was hired, when they went through a round of issuing new equipment. They approached me and their attitude then was "We want to upgrade your equipment, because we want you to have the best experience here we can provide. What do you need to be productive and happy?"
I think I hit the jackpot for places to work.
Seems like a jackpot, but this should be the norm!!
Awesome story
That's awesome to hear!
but you are less effective and cost more, why hire you?
@@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559 LOL I am far from less effective.
I did an interview last week and I was asked if I was married, planned on getting married, if I had a boyfriend, and how long we've been together for. These questions made me very uncomfortable and this was the first time anyone has ever asked me illegal questions. The rest of the interview went well, and I was called back a week later by the employer letting me know I was chosen. I declined the offer because I don't believe the employer won't try to do anything shady. Great video, I will use these answers if this ever happens to me again (I hope not).
Totally agree with you. You played it well. Well done.
@@yasnyne Thank you, everyone should go with their gut feeling!
If they're that shady its better to be safe than end up sorry.
YIKES...
Thanks for sharing your story!
I honestly don’t want to work for anyplace that asks illegal questions. If they do that before I’m an employee, what nonsense would they come up with when I’m an employee.
100%
@@_baller Not knowing the law does not excuse you from it!
@@greyhound-t3k I think I know what @baller means. I’ve worked with some IT managers who are used to working with employees on an H1B visa. They do pretty much anything asked. And the culture is very much company-first, be grateful all the time, etc. US employees OTOH tend to know their rights better (such as FMLA or ADA accommodations) and work to live.
That was some very broad generalities and obviously doesn’t apply to everybody.
- if the employer asks these questions they might not have malicious intent. They've been told to connect. The answers suggested here could put the interviewer on guard with their evasiveness.
- If the questions are asked with malicious intent would you really want to work for them anyway?
@@Laudanum-gq3bl My companie is doing that now. They also use it to underpay them and hold the visa over their head.
As a woman I always get asked about family plans. The bad thing is that even if you do answer with no they don’t believe you. Apparently as I am a female in childbearing years I must want to start a family.
Highly illegal.
Linda, would you want to start a family with me?
It's highly unlikely that these questions on are the interview forms(the record of exactly what is asked during the interview) but more dubiously asked during "small talk."
@@Nepthu I don't know how things work in the US, but in the Netherlands (at least not where I interviewed or was part of the interview process) no official forms are made about the interview.
That is your business and no one else! Just tell them that we are practicing, they won't know what to say.
I've been asked "So, uh.... Are you married? Do you have kids? What's your family like?" And I answered it to the effect that my family is supportive of my decisions. The interviewer tried to spin the question as "Well, I've noticed people who are married and have families are more likely to stay committed to a job than some young person who doesn't have other commitments." Absolutely blew my mind to even hear that
Wow. Very unprofessional. I would have reported that interviewer to HR . What company was this ?
I'm a Marine Corps veteran who's been struggling to get gainful employment and I'm using your channel to try and help myself out. Thank you!!!
Glad to help!
Thank you for your service and sacrifice!
@@justsnappy thank you
@@ALifeAfterLayoff I'm in a final round of interviews and your tips helped
I just got hired to work the front desk of a medical office. They're national and they loved that I want a career and to grow. They also like that I want to get a masters to further my skills and career with a company. I think this could go places
When I was younger, I was unaware that these are actually illegal questions to be asked. I was asked many of these in an interview with a well known finance company, including whether I planned to have kids, how long would I be out of work if I should become pregnant, and also whether I liked to drink/party(am I fun?). If this EVER happens to me again, I'll simply ask if I can "go get my glasses". (FYI--I don't actually wear glasses, it would be my way of walking OUT) Who on earth would work for any company with an HR dept willing to break laws? 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
When I was 27, I got asked my age by the interviewer. I had thought the interview was going well and I did end up answering her and the interview continued. I was very interested in this company and the role and was even asked back for a second interview. However, when I showed up, she acted surprised that I was there. I had been on probably 100 interviews by that time and never got a date or time wrong. In hindsight, the lady was nuts and I’m glad I dodged that bullet.
The same prospective employer asked in one interview:
1. Do you make a good cup of coffee? (I was applying to be an accounts officer)
2. Are you married?
3. Do you plan to have kids?
4. What does your partner do for work?
5. Do you live with your partner?
I got through the interview professionally (on my part), was offered the job, and declined immediately. This was a position I was applying for was presented to me through a recruitment agency, so I told them frankly that the questions were unprofessional and I had no interest in working there. I also told them that if any future prospective employers asked me the same questions, I would not be interested. Fortunately found a different position with a great employer.
In fact, I think I laughed down the phone when the recruiter asked me if I would take the job. And then explained why I was laughing.
loool you burnt them
"How do you wash your clothes ?" Was the only question I was asked by the third person in the interview. When they asked if I had any questions I asked the third person that question and she went step by step her washing process. This position was for a IT help desk with low pay and bad hours.
Got an application before phone interview and it included: age, eye color, hair color, height and weight questions. But they were cute about it by including a disclaimer that you are not required to answer. i refused the interview because the questions were inappropriate
Cute or not, it is still illegal.
What type of job? Was it a cocktail waitress job in Vegas, then that would make slightly more sense.
@@rickc.3552 yup, a transgender cocktail waitress
Down side is with the ones that ask questions like that on Applications. They bought generic applications with out looking to see what is on them.
Though asking about age is technically a no-no, there are some ways an employer can find out your age. For example, when applying for a position in a childcare center, the employer may request college transcripts which shows job related courses and units. The year you graduated from high school will be shown on transcript documents. Also, on the job application itself, they'll ask for any college degrees and the year the degrees were obtained.
A really rude thing that happened to me was one of my center directors made a comment about my age. I was picking myself up after an activity when this director said, "It's kind of hard to get up at your age, isn't it?" I was fifty years old at the time.
Yikes, that was so unprofessional to say! Not just unprofessional, just flat out rude! Sorry they said that to you.
If you get asked about you racial or ethnic background or if they imply anything about it in the interview. Simply refuse the position. It is not worth working in a place like that in the long term.
the bay area now is infested with "must speak spanish" for regular positions now. Its insane.
@@chasingsunsets87 That's a different issue. It's the same as requiring English. US does not have an official language.
in the US, maybe 95% of these employers will ask for your ethnicity right off the bat on the application form. they legally must allow you to decline to identify, but the fact they even ask in the first place is weird enough.
If I had a nickel for every time I was asked about my "family planning future" when I was a young woman, I could have retired years earlier, LOL. Sometimes it was cleverly cloaked, other times I was asked straight up. At first, I was astonished at the brazenness of it; as I got older, I was just annoyed. I was desperately looking for a new job by the late 1990s but I was in my 40s by then, and the explanations I got for the jobs I didn't get leaned more toward age discrimination. I did get a new job, however, and I retired from that employer last year. I am done!
The BS women go through is ridiculous. You're lucky you're done!
HR student here, learning a lot from you. Greetings from the UK
Thanks for following along and good luck with the career!
All the best with that. Hardly ever met a respectable HR staffer. They are usually the agents of crude downsizing and clueless users of data. They do the hatchet job for the incompetent senior management who made the errors of judgement that got the organisation into trouble. Essentially, they're redundant when they've done the paperwork to get rid of everyone else. They are not there to ensure a brilliant staff team. They require everyone else to follow proceedings beyond the letter of the documentation while they, themselves, continue blithely indifferent to all regulations and good practice. Be careful what you get into. It may bear little resemblance to what you expect
Remember that only some of these apply in the UK 😀
Please, just don't get into HR. awful awful awful , ruining talent.
My first management position, was at a hotel restaurant. I wasn't supposed to be doing the hiring but my boss didn't feel like doing the interview and told me to go do it. I had zero training on how to conduct an interview and asked some illegal questions because I had no idea they were illegal or even how I was supposed to do an interview. I'm pretty sure it was just as awkward for the poor woman as it was for me. I later found out that my boss didn't want to interview her because she wasn't cleared to work in the country and hour hotel required employees to be, (which never stopped my boss before even though we were supposed to run an E-Verify) and that he had told someone else he would hire her, but he didn't want to keep his word and so didn't want to talk to her.
While there was much about that job that was "low quality", I was young and I learned a lot through all the insanity that happened there.
When a recruiter asks me my current salary I say "You first," and usually end the conversation soon after.
Is it legal to ask what your spouse does for a living?
I have read about women being walked to their car by the interviewer to see if they had a child seat in their car, very sneaky!
Unless the employer wants to make sure you know about the awesome daycare they provide, can't think of why they'd need to know. EEOC states- Questions about marital status, children or pregnancy are considered questions that are not related to assessing a candidate for potential job fit. They should be discussed after a candidate has accepted a job offer, if necessary.
You could have been babysitting so sad 😭
Yes this question is illegal in the United States.
I was asked about if I planned on starting a family, my current family (examples being if I'm an only child, if my mother and father are married) if I'm seeing anyone or married. I told them that anything that has no relevance to my work performance is confidential information that I'm not at liberty nor am I'm comfortable to discuss.
I recently discovered your channel as I recently graduated college and am transitioning into my career. Much appreciation to you sir!
You're quite welcome!
When you get your first job, start preparing for retirement. Don’t spend your hard earned money foolishly cause that 20 or so years just fly by. Best of luck
I watched this video yesterday. Today a recruiter asked me how much I was currently making. I had the published pay range in front of me so I just turned it around and asked about the published numbers lol. Great videos, I watched almost all of them now.
There are situations where federal contractors need to only employ US citizens. In this case citizenship is a requirement for the position.
I was once asked to provide bank statements to prove that I can afford to pay for my childcare. Needless to say, I didn’t accept the invite for a second interview.
That's insane. What type of work or industry was that in?
Catching up on older videos here -- I want to add that sometimes you can be asked these illegal questions as a reference for someone else!
I'm a reference for an old friend/former coworker, and was asked if they've taken any medical leave. I gave them the benefit of the doubt since this company was in Europe, but politely explained that legally in the US I can't disclose that kind of information.
If I run into these kinds of questions as an interviewee, if I believe it's an honest mistake (e.g., small talk can bring up questions like this) then I take the same route and maybe thank them for their interest, but offer a note of caution that the question may run afoul of EEOC/ADA/etc -- and tie that into my own experience of having been on the other side interviewing candidates myself. Even if it wasn't an honest mistake, it's a decent disarming tactic.
I have depression which is on the self ID form here. It counts as a disability because I cannot legally be fired for taking a mental health day unless I abuse such accommodation. Yet I get asked about my mental health in interviews. It is offensive and uncomfortable and I feel like I have to lie to get the job. So those places aren't worth working at.
I was just asked yesterday on a teams interview..."What year did you gradualte college?" When I said 1977, the interviewer had a noticeable reaction. Then he immediately saw the gap in years from 1977 to the first job on my resume, 1993. I explained I left off early experience that was not that relevant, he cringed again. The next day they said they were no longer interested in me.
An interviewer, in one interview, asked me about my religious background, my wife's national origin, how many kids we had, where they lived, and my age. And this was a "professional" interviewer from an executive search firm. 🙂
I recently went through a series of interviews. At least five different companies asked me most or all of these:
"'Do you have a family? Kids, wife? How long have you been married, how old are your kids?"
"Do you have any disabilities or medical issues of any kind?"
"How old are you?" I answer with a general decade-based answer. "What, you can't tell me your age?"
"What was your rate of pay at your past 4 employers?"
All of these were very small electrical contracting companies, and all clearly need to get with the times.
Another very helpful video. Some of these I didn't expect and am glad to know (just in case) such as workplace accidents, year of graduation or arrest reccord. From a distance they look harmless. Thank you for bringing these to the light and recommending ways to answer. Good to stear the focus back to meeting the requirements of the current position.
What do people think of those “personality assessment” test many employers have you take online when applying? They say there are no “wrong answers,” but clearly there are. Since the exam is slanted towards neurotypical people, autistic people are always discriminated against because they don’t dare answer “honestly” because they often see the world from a perspective that ordinary people see as “odd” or “inappropriate.” Likewise, the exams are designed to disqualify someone who is lying, but how is that accomplished? Every applicant essentially “lies” to promote themselves in a job application.
ive seen them. i think they present a situation and ask if you will act aggresively, passively and proactively about it. I assume that the proactive approach is always the right one.o
like, a meeting is coming, what do you do? a) not share your ideas b) state them even though the meeting is about something else c) ask if you could have some time at the end to share them.
im not sure how much they determine if someone gets hired or if they notice if you lie though.
I once had the displeasure of going through a personality assessment test with word associations. It was not in my native language, and even though I boldly claim and have proven I'm fluent in the language they interviewed me in, they put together two words that I had never heard in that combination before (think like "what's your response to "butter-ecclesiastic?", as nonsensical as that). I understood both words in themselves, but got so hung up on them and even tried to have them tell me the exact same word combination in any other language I speak, but they refused. Well, your butter-ecclesiastic asses don't need me for this job lol, bye
I thought something was off in a previous interview I had. The man asked me SEVERAL of these questions. Safe to say I did not want to accept the job.
I had an interviewer ask what level of health insurance I would need. I was still single with no kids at the time, and didn’t think about how bad that question was until much later. Sneaky way to find out my family situation 😕
All heroes don't wear capes! Thanks for sharing your knowledge; that in turn helps us get to where we need to or would like to be.
Disclaimer : Not legal advice just for educational purposes only. To add to this excellent informative video. Please record while you're in the interview. Secretly record. Hope you are in a one party consent state. Wish everyone the best.
Leading questions like "What do you do Sundays in the morning?" they are trying to guess your religion.
20+ years ago when I was applying for jobs just out of college, I had several interviewers ask me how much of my education I paid for myself. I wasn't sure if I said my parents paid for it that I sounded like a spoiled brat or if I said that I paid for my expenses that they would think I wasn't rich enough. Still don't know what the right answer would have been.
I have never been asked that question.
Hello from Vietnam, Brian ! It's very exciting knowing these facts in interviewing dos and don'ts in the US, they're completely opposite to the interview norms in Vietname where these questions are very common & acceptable for interviewers to ask. For most of international students achieved their degrees in the US, the biggest concern is not getting any job due to the nationality & citizen discrimination. Thank you for your helpful content & knowledge!!
You still need to be legally eligible to work in the USA and can be asked that in an interview.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff thank you for your advice!
I've got a question for you.
Recently I had an in person interview after an online interview, and it went well. Before the interview, I was sent some disclosure information and given an application to fill out. I chose to fill out information in the application that was not in my resume (references upon request and some more education detail), but chose not to fill out the section about previous employment. Instead, I wrote "see resume" in this section.
In that section were blank spots asking for my previous wages from my former and current position. After the technical section of the interview concluded, the HR manager and I were alone, and she asked why I hadn't filled out my previous wages. She declared that she didn't know what my salary expectations were because I didn't provide that information.
I told her that her headhunter told me that the position compensation ranged from 50-80k, depending on level and experience. She shared with me that for this position the headhunter had been instructed to tell candidates that the pay would go up to 30/hr.
I commented that since this position is niche and specialized that her range would be acceptable. The HR manager seemed a bit exasperated, closed her notebook, and shifted gears to discuss benefit packages.
Was this line of question from her illegal? After our meeting, I followed up and got some additional information and gave her my expectations based on more detail from her benefit package explanations.
Was there another way I could have handled that? Is there another way she could have handled that? What ways should a candidate deal with a question coming at a high intensity moment at a second in person interview?
Finally, shouldn't the HR manager know what they expect to pay for this position, and shouldn't they bear the burden in this verbal transaction?
Hi Bryan, I've watched several of your videos and explored your website a bit, too. I really appreciate the helpful information! Something you mention frequently is the idea that the candidate should be interviewing the company also. What does that look like? Would you consider doing a video with a few key questions candidates should be asking?
I've actually lost out on jobs because I discussed my disability before or after the process. Even had a company hire me as a contractor and then tell me budget cuts made the position become unavailable.
Can you do a video on how to handle job interviews when you do have a disability and need to make sure it's accommodated?
Actually it's a little more involved than filling out a voluntary form for disability accomodations. The voluntary form doesn't ask about accomodations but if you have a disability.
@baller
@baller already have done that in the past and why am I required to work remotely fu to disability? Sounds a little discriminatory
@@goyaliza my honest advice is to not disclose it AT ALL. I don't know your situation exactly or disabilities. They can find it out after once you're protected after the probation period. Sounds terrible but you have to look out for you. I understand some disabilities are far more difficult to uphold but if you think these companies are going to be honest with you about why you were ghosted or rejected...think again. They are just quiet about it now so if you can or don't have to bring it up...Do not bring it up! Best of luck to you and hope you are doing well!
I don't think you would need to bring it up in the interview at all. As mentioned, if you can do the job with reasonable accommodations, there's no issue. Since employers are required by law to provide reasonable accommodations, you can let them know after you are hired.
In regards to agism, or asking how old you are, when you're applying for a job online (and nearly all jobs require you to apply online), one section of the online application will ask you to fill out your high school, and will also *REQUIRE* that you choose what year you graduated from a drop-down menu. You cannot click "next" or "submit", as the button will be greyed out, until you fill in that information. If this were illegal in any way other than on paper, three quarters of the companies in the US would all be fined or shut down.
So the employer doesn't need to ask. This, and some other questions, are already known, because they're required on the initial online application, which you cannot skip past without filling out.
I pulled myself from consideration for a position due to the "what year did you graduate" question. I was a new college graduate at the time, so it would have worked in my favor probably, but it was transparently predatory to me. This was paired with the fact that a current employee of theirs had told me they had new employees sign a 3 year non-compete agreement that said you would not work for any industry competitor for three year after you left AND they were bragging that 75% of their workforce was under the age of 25. By the way- major corporate software company. YIKES. I was happy to stay away.
To me, this was a sign that they were exploiting new college graduates at low salaries before they knew better. The non-compete contracts, if you abided by them, would have meant you could not be employed at all if you left them- so you would be trapped. They actively did not care about your level of experience. They even told me so in round one of the interviews. They told me that they wanted to train their own, so they preferred people with less industry experience. They wanted young and ignorant so they could burn you out. I didn't do it, then got a great job a few months later that was a way better entry into the workforce.
Never been this early to any video before. Great content!
I was actually fired from a telemarketing company to having dyslexia. Also my job has been threatened because of my allergies. I have been asked all of these questions in interviews. Also all of these questions are on every application.
Don't confuse this with the voluntary self id form.
@A life after layoff the bigger issue is when you want to take a new job and make sure that it's a right fit and that the company will accommodate. There's no guarantee that they will and then you are at risk. When the disability goes beyond the physical or mental to something like an airborne good allergy. It's a hard one for everyone because a company may not want to tell employees don't eat peanuts in these areas but it can send someone to the hospital. That rabbit hole gets very complicated and deep for all parties.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff voluntary, but you can't move forward without answering. I don't mind the questions, except for the SSN. This is invasive and dangerous info to share if they don't protect carefully.
Actually, I have worked in jobs the are exclusive to US Citizens. I worked on the Tricare medical insurance benefit for active and retired miliary - with a heath insurance subcontractor, which was my employer. I had to get a security clearance as part of the hiring process. So, I had to answer the "Are you a US Citizen" question to even be considered. I worked in that role for 4 years.
Thanks for the advice. I'm about to graduate from college, and I'm interested to hear your thoughts on how to stall on offers that aren't necessarily your first choice while waiting for potentially better offers to come through.
Can recruiters ask "Can you work WEEKENDS?" Does this infringe on Jewish people whom attend Synagogue on Saturdays? Great vid & thumbs up!
Pretty sure they can't. They can only ask if you're flexible enough whether you could work extra shifts or extra days.
@@prateekkarn9277 If the shift is advertised as requiring weekends, they can ask if you can work the required shifts.
@@jeffmartin5419 it's an illegal question,
What I meant to say was that they cannot ask, "can you work weekends" in these exact words.
They have to ask it in a different way because it's a possible religious discrimination
@@prateekkarn9277 it’s only religious discrimination if they ask about your religion. Any religion could claim they can’t work weekends due to their religious beliefs, not just a Jewish person. Christians have the sabbath also. Whether or not you can work weekends also applies to your ability to do the job. They absolutely can ask you if you can work weekends and you’d get laughed out of court if you tried to call it discrimination.
@@Hannah-zw9ow um you did watch the video right?
It's not about determining which religion you are I think. I think it's more about how religious you are. And then judging you on that, maybe they would want less religious people so that they can be called on weekends easily?
Thank you as always! Great info, and good solution to this common problem. The gist... Always Bring it back to the fact that you are qualified for the position, and plan to contribute great work, while avoiding directly answering illegal/ inappropriate questions.
I have a bigger landmine for you. Interviewing people for an entry level lab job one candidate, (a teacher looking to make more money with a second job) at the end of the interview said, "How come you haven't asked me anything about my personal life? I'm a single mother and need money for my kids." Obviously trying to use guilt/pity in her favor. I replied, that not only did I not ask, but I do not want her to offer the information as it is not germane to the job and asking that could justify suing if she didn't get the offer.
This was so good I watched it again! I have several interviews coming up. Good to refresh. And I got asked one of the illegal questions in an email today: do you require sponsorship. I used your answer sort of: “I can work for any company in the US without restrictions.”
My girlfriend is in Human Resources and had a brain tumor. Her hair fell out and she had a scar on her head. She was better but said she had to wait for her hair to grow out because she would be discriminated against.
One place I applied at was a manufacturing/ assembly facility, and their job application was geared more towards shop workers than office workers. There was a section for listing previous jobs, and how much you made there. The instructions stated all blanks must be filled or they will not accept the application. I had worked contract jobs at larger places who could offer higher wages, but did not want to scare off an offer for longer term employment. I wrote on the side of the form, "I will discuss this during the interview." I didn't feel that was unreasonable, considering I had not heard the range of pay they were offering.
Thank You So Much for making this, and all the other videos!
No one helps me with job searches. If they do it's useless info, like say "9-er" instead of saying "9." No, I'm not kidding.
I have been asked about to work on Sundays in an interview phone call and I never realise that was an illegal question and I really did answer that question as well, and it has impacted and I was never hired but thankfully.
I have an invisible disability (severe Crohn's disease) that will definitely affect my work at least a few days a year, but I don't know how to best communicate that information in an interview.
I've tried to talk about it in the first interview, but never got a response after.
I've tried only telling in the last stage after I thought the job offer was guaranteed and I blew it.
I've tried to not mention it at all, and I got hired but eventually they found out and I was fired (they used a bs excuse).
In my current job (big4) I didn't tell anything during the interview was hired and due to covid and working from home was able to keep it a secret during the first 6 months after which they could not fire me with out cause (work in Europe).
So now I'm kind of stuck to this job because any interview I have if I talk about my disability I don't get hired and if I don't I risk being fired when they inevitably find out.
How are they finding out?
I was interviewed by a small company and these were some of the red flags I observed:
1) He asked me "When did you graduate and how long did you complete your degree?" I think it was a way to calculate my age. He asked if there was a gap in my education.
2) The interviewer kept on mentioning his kids and I don't know if it was their way to figure out if I plan on having kids. I did not say anything.
3) What other jobs have you applied for?
For the payment one I always go to "Because of contractual reasons I can't disclosure that information"
I'm 19 in Houston and I have a MA certificate every interview that I've gone ask me these questions before or after their little intro and I was born and am authorized to work here, but what I keep getting is "Aw you are so young" "do you live with your parents?"
They see me as a Hispanic only which is very inappropriate and harmful
Love the video. I've been fortunate to have rarely been asked illegal questions. I'm just going to offer a counterpoint to one of the illegal questions from my experience. When my son was small, I interviewed for a job with on-call rotation. I knew they couldn't ask if I had children. My spouse was a stay-at-home parent. I found a way to work in that I had a small child at home. My thought was if it's going to be a problem, I'd rather not get the job offer.
Bryan, I just found you last week and I have to admit that your videos are both very informational with a great format!
Before they changed the laws here in California, employers always asked what you currently make, that way they could go after people who weren’t going to ask for as much as higher paid people. This was typical on every application. Now, it’s so nice that they can’t ask that and that you can ask them what the salary range is for a position and they are legally required to answer that question.
Great video, thank you so much. Best regards Greg
"have you ever been arrested?"... correct answer: "irrelevant, but you might be if you keep going with these illegal questions"
Your videos are great! Bet you’re gonna grow very fast very soon. Can you do something about this fan in the background? I watched most of your stuff and this fan noise gets irritating :(
Anyway, good luck and thanks for another advice!
Thanks for the feedback. I don’t hear it in my monitors but I’ll try to address it in future videos. Thanks for watching!
Lol I can’t win with you guys.
I met a person who used to ask very akward questions to candidates. One of them was: "Would you kill for your family?"
I had a terrible experience recently when interviewing for a position with a small start up company. The interview process was long, excessive and exhausting. When I got to the final interview they asked a lot of personal questions, including if I had a relationship with my mother (which I don't). Just felt very uncomfortable and unprofessional. I knew when I left that I didn't get the job, despite all my hard work to get to that point. Can't imagine how bad it would have been to actually work for them, I probably dodged a bullet!!
I know of powerful man who can help you get a good job he helped me get a good job now I am happy with my family
Just message him
Wow. That's a new one I've never heard of before: do you get along with your mother?? That's utterly absurd and beyond intrusive. Too bad you couldn't think fast enough to say my mother is dead. That would have put them in their place in a millisecond! You most certainly dodged a bullet. Also, unless the position is extremely high level, I'm very wary of these mega complicated, long drawn-out hiring processes--it usually means the employer is fishing for a vulnerable person they can exploit.
@@elenad.2959 This was for a simple customer service specialist role! It just seemed really ridiculous to me.
You could have taken charge. A small start up will be desperate to get the right person and very nervous because recruitment is a new thing for them. Just toss the paper away and suggest they start again. Ask them how they feel as a new company. What are their fears and hopes. Show, with facts from your past, how you can help them realise their hopes and mitigate their fears. They are not doing you a favour. You are offering them your services, if they are worth it
Having a family while it's not appropriate to ask during an interview, it is seemingly necessary to advance the corporate ladder. Very few high level positions are held by single people. People in general I think want to work with someone else that shares their values and with whom they have something in common
I am adding this video to a lesson on job interviews for my students. It is really useful. Thank you.
On the disability thing, you're right that they can't use that as a reason to not hire you, but they can also just not give you any reason at all and not hire you, or come up with some other lame excuse. What are you going to do, sue them?
Maybe I'm just too jaded being stuck in the hell that is entry level software engineering.
employers DO discriminate against disability all the time, its incredibly easy to do, as long as they dont say thats the reason you didnt get hired, and they did not mention disability when interviewing, they can have that reason, and they do. they can make their decision based on any assumption, as long as they dont voice it, their butts are covered. if youll notice most disabled people are unemployed, while most of them, can, and want, to work.
My issues don't meet as a disability fully..but I have been struggling with debilitating periods that for only a day or two comprise my ability to work. I have expressed this to employers in interviews and sitll got hired but would end up having my job security threatened even after my flawless 90 days. Its insane.
Hey Brian, thank you for your support and for creating a well-informed channel on work-related topics to better your career. I really appreciate it. My question is How do you handle a situation when a future employer asks you to do a trial day at work?
Politely decline the opportunity. :)
"Previous compensation should have no factor in your salary moving forward" [unless you're an internal candidate then it's okay for some reason]
Litterally there is almost no bussiness in my state that will even do an interview with a person unless they answer about half these questions.
It's on every application. I'm not even exaggerating.
Same, I live in nyc and I’ve been asked all these questions in interviews. They don’t care, they will ask you these illegal questions.
Don't confuse this with the voluntary self id form.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff I just don't see how people run bussinesses if they don't care about people.
That's the point.
Even if I don’t answer these questions, I am required to hand official papers showing all the informations about myself after I get the job in my country. Totally irrelevant for how I do my job.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff How is any of this " voluntary" when all the online applications for every single job do not allow aaplicants to submit it unless they fill out graduation dates and agree to a background check--including credit, except for nine states--even when a position has nothing to with finances? Could you please do a video addressing those specifics for the application?
When you rub your hands together, or on the desk, the mic picks it up.
Thanks for the great content. I want your channel to succeed.
Thanks John, I'll try to look for a solution to that.
I'm a veteran and thanks to my service I'm pretty unemployable unless I know someone at the place I'm applying to. I've had all sorts of horrible interviews, on the incredibly rare chance I even get one. I had one woman ask me, as her first question: "I see you were in the military, how many people have you killed?" I haven't killed anyone, and answered honestly. I hated it, but I was a single father of two boys and unemployed, I really didn't see that I had a choice. She insisted on asking other questions like "How many times have you been shot at?", "How many friends have you watched die?" She must have asked 5 or 6 questions like this before I finally gave up and asked what any of this had to do with the job. She turned around and told me that since I was going to lie to her that she was ending the interview right there. Well, I figured I had nothing to lose, so I just laid into her and cussed her out. I had another interview that was going great. He told me the hours and starting pay (which is important later), but we were laughing and having a good time. He liked how experienced I was and how my work ethic seemed so much better than everyone he had working so far based on the answers to the questions he asked. At the end he goes "You really confuse me. All veterans are criminals or have mental problems, so what's wrong with you?" At first I thought this was just an doff color joke, so I let it slide (see above as to why) but he immediately looks at me and goes "I do thorough background checks, so I'll find out." To his surprise, there was nothing wrong with me. A couple days later he asked if I wanted the job, but then told me that the company has changed its policies, and now the day started two hours earlier, which he knew I couldn't do, but I paused for a second and said that I could find someone to get my kids to school in the morning, so it shouldn't be too bad. I could hear him hemming and hawing on the other end, then he told me that it turns out my starting pay was going to be minimum wage since I didn't have any experience. I reminded him that he himself said I had more experience than most of the people he already had working there, and he the said "Sorry, I meant that was the new company policy too." This was at most a third of what he told me what the starting pay was in the interview, and since I couldn't afford to drive all that way, and pay someone to watch my kids in the morning, I had to turn it down, not that I was upset about that one. But yea, these are typical interviews I get, when I can get them.
That’s messed up. I wish you luck.
I've also been asked that question "have you killed anyone" in an interview. The military is truly a mystery to many who only know war movies and those same people definitely don't value months/years of in-service schools as well as utilizing those skills on the job for years. Another one you're up against a road block with is "management/leadership experience" even if you've done that in the military. They're also surprised not every veteran has PTSD.
Anyone in the military should look into using their GI Bill while still in because civilian employers do not thank you for your service or whatever the latest cliche is when hiring.
I have also had several employers express concern over potential issues related to service connected aggression, ptsd, etc.
I’m confused, I thought military service was a good thing on a resume? Why would someone associate that with criminality?
I don't remember my interview with my current employer,, but I think I recall the salary one, if I had a girlfriend...
And after being hired, in the first 6-ish months he asked numerous times if I had gotten a girlfriend, talking to me about my mental health, basically push that personal boundary and I would get angry with him (the mental health one particularly pissed me off).
He's backed off since then, but it's damage done at this point.
When it's time to leave, tell him you're running away with his wife/girlfriend.
I just bought course and will share my thoughts after I am done.
I hate having to hide and be dishonest during interviews. But being truthful gets me nowhere.
I have a service dog. People hate that. Even homedepot wants nothing to do with me.
Could you do a video on how much weight having, or not having, a degree carries on a resume? Thank you for all of these videos. These are amazing tools!
For positions that list it as a requirement, it holds a lot of weight.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff I understand that, however there are many companies, or in my case higher education institutions, that will list something along the lines of "Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate" even though a degree is listed as a "requirement".
My question above directly relates to the weight a degree may carry in that instance.
For me personally, I have 58 hours of college credit towards a business degree, and nearly 15 years experience in finance. My current title is Financial Analyst 1. Due to the fact that some employers list the statement above, I feel it necessary to list my credit hours earned in college as a part of my resume to show a mixture of both relevant education and experience. That said, it's not a degree. Which brings me back to the original question that was hoping to get some more elaboration on.
Could you please make a video about negotiating a permanent work from home status post pandemic?
Thanks for the reminders. I knew these but nearly every application or interviewer asks at least some of them. Bad employment opportunities everywhere in South Jersey and on Cape Cod, MA. Sick of it.
I'd say if im asked an illegal question "its not any of your business, I'm here to contribute my skills, knowledge and expertise to your organisation" If it becomes a repeat pattern to the point of being annoying, then I'll withdraw my application and file a complaint with someone higher in the company if applicable
In few countries, recruiters/ hiring managers consider them as some privileged species and looking down on people/ candidates as their birthrights, which in reality it is sad and disgraceful.
Yes, I have been asked a few of them questions. As well for the USA citizen sometimes it is required due to you'll need secret clearance for a job in tech
Thank you so much for this. There are so many horrible employers out here
I knew I didn't have a job when I was asked what other transportation companies I was applying at.
I answered honestly because I knew at that moment.
Left that interview and had a phone interview at my current company within 1 hour
Imagine asking a person who's 20 years old "So how much longer do you plan on working?"
Um..."Say again?"
@@_baller If they have a coffee maker in their office, and pictures of their family in their office, I'm not an professional like this guy but...saying that may get you the job.
@@_baller I'm 22 & have learned how to get any job I practice done quickly and effectively. I was cleaning like a madman before covid. I don't feed fights and unessesary drama at work. I in general don't act mean to people but still know when I have to speek the truth. I used to show up to work on average 30 minutes early. I work for other people, overtime, and double shifts. I know exactly what makes a business run, and the reason that business has the customers it does. I know exactly what the business needs to do to have a better customer base. I know how to organize, work with a time limit, write a budget, write a schedule, prioritized.
All that doesn't matter because I don't have a large pile of collage debt. That is I guess the only thing that matters to companies. Having inferriors who are stuck in the cold swimming pool.
I'm not trying to be bitter, it's just this attitude makes people litterally die.
@@_baller I just havn't gone to collage because one of the degrees I looked into costs $30,000.00 to get to the end -not garenteing a degree. Right now I can't even get a junk car which the good one's are $3,000.00 to $15,000.00 those are the cheep ones.
If someone asked me to pay $5.00 out of the blue right now I couldn't do it. Why would I be able to pay $30,000.00?? It's a strait up gamble. I rather be sure of a good outcome.
I don't want to live life trying to mesure up to someone else's perception of perfect when they've proved to me that they don't know what that is, and don't want to find out.
Things that benefit, me benefit others. I can't be a river flowing if I have no water, that's called a famine. Yes you have needs, yes you could die if those are not met. But no. We are equals. If I am in responsible for something, I don't just watch it run around burning houses and destroying eco systems.
@@_baller I don't have to take a bribe from stranger. My physical activities Do effect my personal life. I don't need to measure up to a stranger's expectations.
And yes, I want to change harmful behaviors I exhibit and behaviors that harm others. The people I work with end up being me, usually. It's not good, and I need to stop copying others so much, but if I work with phycopaths and narcissists, who's to say I am any diffrent then one?
How do you handle these questions when they are required on the online application such as education and date of graduation? Need to complete the application before resume is sent.
Yes, that is my question as well.
Here's the rub. Although they questions are illegal, the employer will still get the info out of you. For example, they can tell your age when they meet you. From that, they estimate how much longer you plan to work.
from an H.R. site: Birth dates: Making inquiries about an applicant's birth date can give the perception that the employer is using age as a decision-making factor in the hiring process. If federal law or the employer's state law requires a minimum age for employment for certain occupations, then the employer can ask applicants if they are at least the minimum age required for employment. Graduation dates: Making inquiries of an applicant's school graduation date can reveal an applicant's age. To obtain information on whether an applicant holds a degree or a diploma, the employer can simply ask if the applicant has graduated and what degree was obtained.
Although it’s not illegal to ask questions that may reveal an applicant’s age, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s regulations indicate that such questions will be closely scrutinized to determine if there is a legitimate business need for the information that does not amount to age discrimination. For example, an employer that conducts background checks to verify educational credentials would have a legitimate need for high school and college graduation dates, although it might be better to request dates of graduation after a tentative offer of employment has been extended.
If an employer does not verify educational information, however, there would not appear to be any legitimate reason for asking for graduation dates. Employers do have a right, in any event, to require applicants to state whether they have graduated from high school, college or other schooling. In an era in which embellishment and outright lying on resumes are common, employers have a legitimate interest in requiring applicants to certify on their job applications that the educational background (as well as employment history and other information) provided is correct.
I work in manufacturing and there are a lot of jobs that require U.S. citizenship. If the company does any defense contract work they might be subject to ITAR regulations. This is why Space X cannot hire foreign citizens. The company will usually tell you that before the interview though.
I was asked if I have a partner (which is an ilegal question in Germany), why I don't have a partner, and the next question really puzzled me: What qualities should my ideal partner have? I didn't answer it, but I answered why I don't have a partner.
I had a manager who was disappointed that HR told him he couldn't discriminate based on gender. He only wanted to hire females because it's a male dominated industry. I was disgusted.
I have been asked about my family. This was years ago and I told him that the question was illegal. He actually asked more then one illegal question. I ended the interview!
Employers can't ask when you graduated... Except it's expected to put graduation date on your resume, and in some circumstances they could ask for a copy of your degree or diploma for verification.
Water dog, times have changed. A middle aged person do not have to put the date of graduation and in my case the date I discharged from the military 30 years ago on their resume. Yes, it’s true that I will have to produce proof of my education level and discharge papers, but that’s part of the clearance process , not for the interview. We already attest that we know the information given on the application is true and valid. It could be grounds for dismissal if you lie anywhere! There is a lot of discrimination for older candidates so there are some guidelines for “rebranding” our resumes! 🤨
The interviewers should be more nervous than the interviewee - if they're seriously concerned for the resilient development of their organisation and, therefore, genuinely want to find an excellent person for the position. Get it wrong, and they face a whole new recruitment process and possible costs to compensate a person they hire by mistake. So it pays to go in with a sense of you being the top dog in the room.
Eg, if they ask about plans for family, it may be incompetence or deliberately being out if order. Either way, you can respond by asking if the organisation is resilient to cope with maternity or paternity leave. Put them on the back foot politely. Are they worthy of your talents? Suggest how you can enhance their resilience.
Do research. Be prepared to ask about the organisation's strategy, current status, plans for the future. How much stake do the interviewers have in the survival and prosperity of the organisation? Be prepared to turn them down and convey that subliminally and politely
Very good video Sir. Could you please make videos of Illegal questions asked by managers in Office ?
Not only have I've been asked some of those questions, but in some interviews some of those were the very first questions I was asked, right from the beginning. I've also had other people who have been asked about being pregnant, marital status (are you single?), where is the accent from, and a whole lot of other questions. Sadly, many companies get away with getting that information anyway because a lot of people voluntarily publicize it in online social media.
On the arrest record question... In my company, and specifically department, you are required to be able to obtain a license that is based on a favorable background check... Is it OK to ask "do you have this license?" and if they say "no" follow up with "is there any reason why you would be denied this license?" (most times they ask what would disqualify them) and I answer with "have you been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude- that is lying, cheating, stealing."
my state's licensing dept states it does not have a set amount of time that must have passed before you can apply for a professional license. It helps if it has been 5 years since your last conviction, or 3 years since your last imprisonment. Also, look into expungement of your record or as well as sealing it. Check with your state licensing dept for detail. If it looks favorable, put that on your application.