14 Illegal Job Interview Questions to AVOID Asking | Recruitment Firm

Illegal job interview questions to avoid.

Here are 14 questions you cannot ask

while interviewing a job candidate.

If you're an HR or hiring manager,

we suggest sharing this video with your

team to keep them up to date on what they

can and can't ask while interviewing

candidates, according

to the Equal Opportunity Act.

Number one, you can't

ask them about their age.

Number two, you can't ask

them about their ethnicity.

Number three, you can't

ask them about their color.

Number four, you can't ask

them about their gender.

Five, you can't ask them about their sex.

Number six, you can't ask them about their

sexual orientation or gender identity.

Number seven, you can't ask them

about their country of origin.

Number eight, you can't ask

them about their birth place.

Number nine, you can't ask about religion.

Number ten, you can't ask

them about their disability.

Number eleven, you can't ask

them about their marital status.

Number twelve, you can't ask

them about their family status.

Number thirteen, you can't

ask them about pregnancy.

And number fourteen, salary history.

Now, this is not a comprehensive list,

but it's a great one to get your

team started in the right direction.

It's imperative that you don't make these

mistakes, because candidates can take

legal action if you're asking these

illegal job interview questions.

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