Legal Article
- Making the Hot Seat even HOTTER:
The Top Ten Illegal Job Interview Questions
A job interview can be a stressful event. But when a potential employer asks unlawful interview questions, things can go from stressful to illegal. The legality of interview questions is based on federal and local laws, and questions about specific topics (such as race and religion) have been made illegal due to movements such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If interview questions are relevant to a job, they are usually fair game. If they are not, however, they can be the basis of a Labor and Employment lawsuit, whether the applicant is hired or not. Although HR departments today should be aware of questions that are prohibi ted to ask … more

