Illegal Interview Case Study

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• There are two sides for this particular question, first, if Amata knows that illegal question is being asked to her, she should not respond to the question because knowing illegal or unrelated matters should not be involving to any pre-employment interviews. For example, for an illegal interview question are:
1. Religion
2. Age
3. Marriage Status
4. Criminal Background
5. Race
6. Color
7. Birthplace
8. Disability
• Also, by giving the résumé and cover letter to the company that you are trying to apply in, it should already have all information that needing to Amata’s employment. Second, answering the illegal question is kind of your own choice, it will be good or bad good because you are actually telling them the truth and if you get hired there is nothing to be hiding to the company. Bad because it can hurt securing the job that it can possible yours by saying the truth.
• Interviewer is really unaware of things they say and people always have their own perspectives into things. Asking question could be misinterpreting and misleading and it could hurt the company that asked the …show more content…

Knowing that it is up to me to know what I am required to answer and what information I am legally protected from having to reveal. That kind of question is just one of many questions that being asked during interviews and it may seem innocent; however, if any of it make me uncomfortable or do not want to answer for any particular reason, I am not legally obligated to do so. In fact, interviews should not be asking those question in the first place because the information can cause be used to discriminate or disqualify me from being a candidate for

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