Inquiry Area:National Origin/Citizenship
Illegal Questions:Are you a U.S. Citizen?  Where were you/your parents born? What is your "native tongue"?
Legal Questions: Are you authorized to work in the U.S.?  What languages do you read or speak fluently?
                                    (ok if relevant to job performance.)

Inquiry Area:Age
Illegal Questions:How old are you? When did you graduate from college?  What is your birth date?
Legal Questions:Are you over the age of 18?If hired, can you show proof of age?

Inquiry Area:Marital/Family Statue
Illegal Questions:Are you married?  Whom do you live with?  Do you plan to have a family?  When?  Do you use birth
     control measures?  How many children do you have?  What are your child care arrangements?
Legal Questions:Would you be able to relocate if necessary?  Are you willing and able to put in overtime/travel as
      needed by this job?  (ok if all applicants are asked)

Inquiry Area:Personal
Illegal Questions:How tall are you?  How much do you weigh? (ok if there are standards that are essential to performing
the job safely.)
Legal Questions:Are you able to lift a 70 pound box and carry it 25 feet repeatedly?

Inquiry Area:Disabilities
Illegal Questions:Do you have any disabilities?  Please complete this medical history.  Have you ever had surgery?  How
is your family's health?  Have you ever received worker's compensation?
Legal Questions:Are you able to perform the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodation?  As part of
     the hiring process, you will undergo a full medical exam after a job offer has been made.

Inquiry Area:Arrest Record
Illegal Questions:Have you ever been arrested?
Legal Questions: Have you ever been convicted of ____________?  (ok if crime relates to performance of the job in
question)

Inquiry Area:Military
Illegal Questions:Were you dishonorably discharged from the Navy?  When were you enlisted in the Army?  Have you
ever been in a foreign Armed Service?
Legal Questions:  In what branch of the Armed Forces did you serve?· What special skills or training did you receive
while enlisted?

Illegal and Legal Questions of Interviewing
Tread lightly!
This page was last updated: 4/7/2005
Linton
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