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Ask Slashdot: How Have You Handled Illegal Interview Topics?

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-got-no-business-getting-into-my-business-interviews dept.

kodiaktau writes "Salary.com profiles 14 questions that interviewers may or may not ask during the interview process such as the standards of age, gender and sexual orientation. They also profile several lesser known illegal or border line questions like height/weight, military background, country of origin and family status. With the recent flap over companies asking potential employees for passwords during the interview process it is important to know and review your legal rights before entering the interview. Have you been confronted with borderline or illegal interview questions in the past? How have you responded to those questions?"

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  1. what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    i answer their questions in hopes that they will give me a job. i need beer money badly

    1. Re:what by garyebickford · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... and a towel. I was told this by a visitor from the future.

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    2. Re:what by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

      I just saw a cat with a sign saying "Ownr sez i kan not haz cheezburgr"

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      Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  2. WAS ASKED IF I HAD ANY TATOOS !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I answered, yes !! She said, let me see !! I said, no way !! She said, way !! I pulled it out !! I was asked to leave !! This was an insurance company !!

  3. Re:Of course they do. by Darinbob · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a note here, I read in News of the Weird that some meth makers were arrested and one was a white supremacist and the other was a black gang member, but they managed to put that aside in order to work together.