11 Unethical Interview Questions You Dont Need to Answer

11 Unethical Interview Questions You Dont Need to AnswerYes, its an bewerbungsinterview and youre trying your best to be a people-pleaser. But that doesnt mean letting someone ask you information thats off-limits. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0) ) Sometimes innocent questions about your hobbies and your kids can justfeel like small talk, but are secretly a trap to get you to divulge information that could affect your chances. Asking certain things outright can be considered discrimination and is explicitly leidlage allowed by government regulation.Be vigilant for the following 11unethical interviewquestions and have a swerve answer prepared.The best rule of thumb? If theres a question that doesnt seem relevant to your duties or performance or how well youd fit into the company or role, dodge it.1. What does your husband/wife do?Some states actively prohibit discrimination on the grounds of marital status. These types of questions are usual ly asked in order to discriminate against women, who might become pregnant or have child care concerns that single candidates wouldnt. Avoid answering anything that seems to assess whether you have a spouse at all.2. Are you pregnant?First of all, its rude to ask. Second, refer to the above. Any question of your kids, your plan to eventually have kids, or your childcare routines are to be avoided for the same reasons.3. Do you have a disability that might interfere with your job performance?(Or anything about a disability or a pattern of illness, i.e. sick days, workers comp claims, mental health problems, etc.) These might seem like valid questions, but it is illegal to ask any questions which would reveal the existence of a disability before the job offer is made.4. Have you ever been arrested?Again, some states explicitly prohibit this. And in some cases, questions like these are used to discriminate against minority candidateswhich is even worse than just discriminating against felons, and actually illegal.5. What year did you graduate?This is a sneaky way of figuring out your age. And age discrimination is not a good thing. Its been federally prohibited since 1967 (at least as applied to people over the age of 40). Bottom line you dont ever have to disclose your age.6. Are you in a union?You have a right to join a union and it is not okay to try and prohibit you from doing so. You should not be questioned about your union membership or intention to acquire one, so dont answer any questions that could give that information out.7. Would you take a genetic test?It is totally illegal to ask you for genetic information, as of 2008. It is also illegal to ask about your family members. You are not in any way required to take any test or give your potential employer any information about your genes.8. Where is your name from?These questions are aimed at figuring out your ethnic background. Other questions like this are What other languages do you speak? or What w as your first language? Racial discrimination is to be frowned upon. Dont be a party to it.9.Where do you worship?Or What days do you worship? This might be evidence of your employer trying to figure out what your faith is. They might be legitimately curious on a personal level, but you are not required tonor should yousay. It could be a potential means of religious discriminationand illegal according to the Civil Rights Act.10. Will you take a polygraph?Most employers are federally not allowed to ask you to take a lie detector test as a condition of employmentor to be fired, not hired, or disciplined for refusing. You can thank the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 for this.11. What do you currently make?Theres a new equal pay law in Massachusetts that makes asking this illegal. But youre not required to answer it anywhere else either Try pivoting instead with a line like, Id prefer to discuss money a little later right now Im just interested in whether this is a good fit f or both of us. Im sure were on the same page.