1- Do you consider yourself an well organized person? As you answered yes, I would like to see your day planner pages. Secondly, let's walk out to the parking lot and look inside your vehicle! Yeah, it really happened! Even you look mortified!
2- Which describes you best...self starter or kick starter? Depends on what time of the day you are asking.
3- Are you married? Yeah, this is totally illegal! LOL!
4- As you answered yes to number 3, do you have any children and what are their ages? Another one of my favorite illegal questions!
5- What is the reason that you left Novell? (Um, how do you say, I was prego and was planning on being a full time mom, but had troubles, and now most likely can't have kids...so here I am in the workforce again. That one always seems to bring down the tone. But, I guess I get the last say!).
6- Tell me about a time where you encountered a specific problem, and what was the resolution you took? Well, when John and I were first married he left his dirty clothes all over the floor. The solution was to buy a hamper. Hamper has lived in the bedroom, bathroom, and now John's closet - with no resolution. Still wanna hire me?
7- Do you speak, read, and write English? Uhmm, let me think about that one!
8- Do you consider yourself a team player, or a player on the team? LOL! See question 3. I can no longer be a player because I am a married woman!
9- Tell me how you discipline employees? Well, as I have been out of work for 9 months...Does a 5 year old count? I count to three and then give him a time out. Then talk to him about how he feels about what happened...and then ask him if he felt bad...is that choosing the right?
10- Looks like you have a unique background of work experience. You have excellent academic credentials, but can you really tell me who you are? Well, why don't we save that question for the second interview? If I can't sell myself, then I can't sell anything, right?
1 comment:
Coming from your fellow HR buddy, I found that hysterical. I know I'm a bit rusty, but I didn't think that there were still people that were uneducated/uninformed enough to ask the "illegal" questions. Gimmee a break! My favorite was the one where they asked to see your day planner and your car. I think that I could justify that one as being somewhat discriminating based on the fact that it could easily reveal personal information that could be used to discriminate. Things like seeing a car seat in your car or a date circled in your planner saying "go to temple". Anyways, I miss the good old HR days with you. There was never a dull moment. Thanks for a funny read! Good luck in the job search. Some of those companies could obviously use your expertise to try to keep themselves out of legal hot water. Keep us posted!
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