Legal Ways to Answer Illegal Questions
June 9, 2009 by Darlene McDaniel
Filed under Careers
If the hiring manager or recruiter asks you an illegal question, you are not obligated to answer the question. However, you don’t want to say to them, “I refuse to answer that illegal question.” There are “legal ways” to answer illegal questions that a hiring manager or recruiter might ask you during the course of an interview.
First, let’s define illegal questions. Here is a list for you to consider:
1. How old are you?
2. Do you plan to have children?
3. Are you married, divorce or single?
4. What’s your nationality?
5. What’s your sexual orientation?
6. Are you …. (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.)?
7. …read more
