Steer clear of these 10 illegal job interview questions

[theused]

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^ not the questions itself... rather how a person answers a specific question defies his well-being

[7DMM]

i'm not an HR manager or the like but i do get chances of interviewing applicants.i know i have thrown questions that maybe considered as "illegal" for other standards but in my case these so called "illegal" questions of theirs are needed to screen our applicants fit for our requirements. case to case.i don't know with the corporate world

[theused]

^ true true

[emow]

the questions are not appropriate but can't be considered "illegal" even if it is, there is always another way of getting the same answers...

[iagosmom]

i was asked #5 sa akong interview for a callcenter before.

they are probably asking kay stressful baya sa callcenters.. not a very good environment for pregnant women.

[theused]

sometimes depende lang jud sa HR how he/she sees the person he/she is interviewing..

[Spec-V]

As far as I can remember, these are the common examples on a local adds of a newspaper in Cebu:

2X2 picture
must be 22-25 years old
willing to work overtime w/out pay for 3 months (kay trainee lagi...)
W/ pleasing Personality...(mora mag beauty contest sad dah!!)
Must be single


Now these are perfect examples of "Discrimination"



...............Unless your applying for Hooters & Scores Strip Club

[samokan]

the "do you smoke or drink alcohol?", "what is your native language?" , "where were you born?" question is actually standard question during all my interview here in Japan.

first do you smoke or use alcohol? , in japan there is a thing called "nomikai" or drinking session where members of the group would go out together and drink. Some companies does not have any experience yet with handling foreign workers so they have to asked if you are ok with the idea of nomikai. Most of the time this question would come out after all the technical and formal questions.

what is your native language? - not all japanese kniows where Philippines is and what language is spoken in the archipelago. So we need to explain to them what language we can speak and dialect. It's actually an advantage at one point when they know that you are a multi-lingual cause it shows how easy it is for you to adapt to languages and that impresses them.

the where were you born and how old are you question is already in the resume so they don't ask it out loud just out of curiousity

[makatasawi]

personal information man ni. why are these questions illegal. it's the right of the company to know who you are. it's a matter of knowing their asset. just be careful with your answers ei.

has a point sad.

[vienabyam]

illegal man gani na dapat ang mo require na you must be single, with pleasing personality, 20-25 yrs old! discrimination naman na!