Question

List A: Can ask in an interview

What professional societies do you belong to?

Why did you leave your previous employer?

What kind of people do you enjoy working with?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

List B: Can NOT ask in an interview

Are you married or do you live with someone?

Are you a citizen of the USA?

Have you ever been arrested?

Are you planning a family soon?

What church do you attend?

Where were you born?

Given that you are a wheelchair user, how do you think you will be able to do this work?

Are there any religious holidays on which you can't be available to work?

Have your wages ever been garnished?

When did you graduate from college?

Do you have any physical limitations?

How tall are you?

What was the date of your most recent physical examination?

Did you belong to a fraternity or sorority?

List C: Depends

What is your salary history?

2. Answer each question in List A.

3. Select five questions from List B. Identify which specific legally protected EEO category against which that question might be considered discrimination. Why? For what reason?

3. Discuss a question or questions that you have been asked in a job interview of which you were unsure or felt that it might be discriminatory against a legally protected group of which you are a member. How best to answer the question?

Answer 1

Ans.2--ListA

• I belong to those professional society which facilitate innovation, communication and good connection, increase publc interest in their work and there should be good behaving and supporting public
• They all are supportive but I want a change in carrier direction, work opportunities and professional growth.
• I enjoy to work with such kind of people who are well behaving, professionally experienced and should be very supportive.
• I want to see myself in the top most of my profession.

Ans.3---ListB

• Where were you born?
• Have your wages ever been garnished?
• When did you graduate from college
• Do you have any physical limitations?
• What was the date of your most recent physical examination?

When did you graduate from college?this specific legally protected EEO category against which the question might be considered discrimination because this is a common question that anyone can ask from others generally. There is not any more issue that would make i discriminate.Normally, this is already written in the document.

Ans.4. The question- "Do you belong to fraternity or sorority?" felt discriminatory because it doesnot show a professional's standard, all employers should have helping nature for everyone. The question-" are you planning family soon? Felt discriminate because it insulted married one's and felt them ashamed and also does not show interviewers standard.