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Avoiding Inappropriate Interview Questions
Written by: Christopher PalumboArticle Overview: Interviewing candidates for your company can often be a time-consuming and nerve-wracking process. While you want to find out as much as you can about the candidate and how they will benefit your company, you need to avoid asking questions which are deemed inappropriate or illegal. The following are examples of ways to find out information about your candidate without being inappropriate and still respecting the limits of the law. Be cautious about these topics during the interview.
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Avoiding Inappropriate Interview Questions
Marital Status
Inappropriate: Are you married? Is this your maiden or married name?, With whom do you live?
Appropriate: After hiring you will find out, marital status on tax and insurance forms
Parental Status
Inappropriate: How many kids do you have?, Do you plan to have children?, Are you pregnant?
Appropriate: After hiring, asking for dependent information on tax and insurance forms
Age
Inappropriate: How old are you?, What year were you born?, When did you graduate from high school?
Appropriate: Before hiring, ask if they are over the legal minimum age for the hours or working conditions, in compliance with state or Federal labor laws. After hiring, verify legal minimum age with a birth certificate or other ID, and ask age on insurance forms
National Origin
Inappropriate: Where were you born?, Where are your parents from?, What's your heritage?
Appropriate: Verifying legal U.S. residence or work visa status
Race or Skin Color
Inappropriate: What race are you?, Are you a member of a minority group?
Appropriate: Generally indicate equal opportunity employment.
Religion or Creed
Inappropriate: What religion are you?, Which religious holidays will you be taking off from work?, Do you attend church regularly?
Appropriate: Religion should not play a role in your hiring decisions.
Criminal Record
Inappropriate: Have you ever been arrested?, Have you ever spent a night in jail?
Appropriate: Questions about convictions by civil or military courts are allowed, if accompanied by a disclaimer that answers will not necessarily cause loss of job opportunity. Specific convictions, if related to fitness to perform the job. Employers can ask only about convictions and not arrests.
Disability
Inappropriate: Do you have any disabilities?, What's your medical history?, How does your condition affect your abilities?
Appropriate: Ask if they can perform specific duties of the job. After hiring, ask about medical history on insurance forms.
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About the Author: Christopher Palumbo RSS for Christopher's articles - Visit Christopher's website Brand Director, Christopher Palumbo Christopher Palumbo holds degrees in Industrial Design, Economics, as well as an MBA in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. Following business school, Mr. Palumbo began his career as a partner in a real estate development company, where he developed branding concepts for resort communities in South Florida and the Carolina's. From there his business accomplishments grew as he orchestrated the complete turnaround of a failing national real estate developer. Soon after, Christopher changed gears and used his talents to create an award-winning World Gym concept store, which now serves as the working model for the Company's retail based fitness centers worldwide. He owned and operated two successful health clubs in the Carolinas, which were purchased by Gold's Gym in 2003. Chris utilized his position within the organization to orchestrate a turnaround and capitalization plan for the World Gym™ brand. To date, he has worked with many of the largest and most reputable companies in the fitness and leisure industries, and is frequently featured in industry and national press. http://www.chrispalumbo.com/ Click here to visit Christopher's website Forming BusinesstoBusiness Partnerships to Maximize Sales The Top Five Rookie Marketing Mistakes Building Renewals in MembershipBased Businesses Blogging as a Sales Tool The Top Five Rookie Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them |
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