What can't be asked when interviewing potential employees?

Answer 1

Interview Questions

Why are you interested in this field?
Why are you interested in this company?
Why are you interested in this position?
Why do you want this job?
What qualities do you think this job requires?
Why do you want to work for this organisation?
What have you got to contribute?
What can we offer you that your present employer cannot offer?
How long have you been looking for a new job?
What do you know about this organisation?
What interests you about this organisation?
What are you looking for in a new job?
What would be your ideal job?
What sort of jobs are you considering at the moment?
What did you do on a day to day basis?
What do you not like about the job?
How did you make a difference to your last organisation?
How successful are you?
What was your greatest success and how did you achieve it?
What has been your biggest failure?
How could you improve yourself?
How did you progress in your last job?
How do you handle criticism?
How do you work with others?
Are you a self-starter, able to work without constant supervision?
Can you be depended upon in critical situations and follow work through to completion?
Are you objective in evaluating yourself and others?
What motivates you?
Are you competitive?
What problems did you encounter and how did you overcome them?
Do you feel you are ready to take on greater responsibilities?
Are you enthusiastic and easy to work with?
Can you work under pressure?

Recruiters need to know what drives you to want the job and why you want to work for the organisation in particular.
Can you manage your time effectively?
How do you structure your day's work?
How do you plan your day and week?
How did you handle sudden unplanned work or crisis?v Can you handle constructive criticism in a productive manner?
What are you like under pressure?
How many hours are you prepared to work?
What are your career goals?
How did you get on with your last manager/colleagues?
How do you express yourself in situations where you have to be tactful?
What initiatives do you take to make the work place more efficient?
How do you deal with different people at work?
How do you handle work in high pressure situations?

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Answer 2

Marital status
Age
Race
Religion
Gender
Disabilities, other than to ask if the applicant has any disability that would interfere with the normal duties of the job.

Basically anytime you bring up "personal life" issues versus "work life" issues it is out of line.

Learn to ask broad questions and most applicants will end up volunteering this info anyway. For example
Can you work overtime? often leads an applicant to tell you about kids/spouses.
Can you work Saturday/Sunday? Sometimes leads to discussing religion.
You can gleen info on age my number of years experience listed. And the rest shouldn't matter to you.

There may be more that I am forgetting but those are the top lookout for questions.

Answer 3

My cousin works for Human Resourses, he told me once before and interview that nothing personal is "supposed to be ask" not even marital status, and especially if the person has kids and how many because that can be used for the potencial employee against you in court if he/she does not get the position and feels that was victim of discrimination, I know sounds a little too much, but is better to be safe.

Answer 4

I know that it's against the law to ask a potential employee what their marital status is. Beyond that, I'm not sure.

Answer 5

Kelly, you want to be careful not to violate anything for the ADA or EEOC guidelines.

Here's a list of some No Nos from the ADA standpoint:
http://www.kingscountybusinesssentinel.com/articles/2006/11/03/columns/column1.txt

Here's a list of yes or no questions from a legal standpoint.
http://www.laborlaws.com/block4/item426/

Listing of reasonable accomodations for job interviews
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html

EEOC guidelines
http://www.dolir.mo.gov/hr/interview.htm

Here are some good steps to use for interviewing
http://www.super-solutions.com/firstview-resourcecenter.asp

Here is a list of NoNos
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_questions_can_i_be_legally_asked_at_a_job_interview.html

Here is another list of taboo questions and is an EXCELLENT resource:
http://www.pacificu.edu/offices/hr/training/interview/pdfs/LegalOrIllegalInterviewQuestions.pdf

Answer 6

You can't ask them anything about there personal life outside of work basically...sexual orientation...religion that sort of thing

Answer 7

Any questions regarding religion, sexual preferences, age, gender, or race are very risky, and can develop into a lawsuit.

Answer 8

Also...questions about your personal health issues can't be asked.

Answer 9

you can't ask them to have sex with you for a dollar try saying you will pay them $5 lol

Answer 10

if they are married or are you planning in having any kids Anything that is not involved in them doing the work