With hundreds of thousands of jobs up for grabs each month, the competition to hire the right person can be fierce. Employers often go to great lengths to ensure they get the right candidate, but there are limits to what they can know about you. The job interview is one of the easiest places for an unscrupulous operation to find out information about their candidates without leaving a paper or email trail. This type of behavior may also lead to pre-employment discrimination.
Before you start your next interview, it’s important to know the difference between legal job interview questions and illegal questions.
There are questions that seem perfectly natural to ask, but they can often be asked incorrectly. While obvious questions about race, religion and sexual preference are not allowed, other types of questions can blur the boundaries. Let’s take a look at the following examples interview questions:
In short, you may be able to sue over illegal interview questions. This is especially true if you believe an employer is actively performing pre-employment discrimination and that you are not being treated fairly.
Absolutely not, you may simply tell the employer you feel uncomfortable answering any questions you know or suspect to be illegal.
If you believe you have been asked illegal interview questions in Pennsylvania, contact Weisberg Cummings, P.C. for a free consultation to discuss your case. We may be able to help you fight against any discrimination or illegal behavior.
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