Chapter 21
Illegal questions – and how to dodge them
Whilst it is clear from the previous few chapters that interviewers might question you on a whole range of different subjects, you need to know that they do not have the right to ask you anything they please. There are a number of topics which the law specifically prohibits them from discussing.
The main reason an interviewer will ask such questions is that they are lacking in experience. An HR professional will be well aware of the rules and generally steer clear of such questions. An owner–manager of a small company, on the other hand, might very well be blissfully ignorant that it is illegal to ask such a seemingly innocent question as, ‘Do you have children?’
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