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What do you do if you�re
faced with a question you

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think is unlawful? And how
do you know what an unlawful

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question is?

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According to the Equal
Employment Opportunity

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Commission, all questions
must be job related.

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Topics that are usually
not job related are:

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marital or family status,
national origin, birth date

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and place, native language,
and arrest record.

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Here are two non-
threatening methods you can

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use to answer
unlawful questions.

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Let's use the question, "How
old are you" as an example.

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First, you can ask how the
question relates to the job,

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"I'm not quite sure how my
age relates to my ability

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to do this job.
Could you please explain?"

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Or second, you could answer
the question behind the

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question "If you're wondering
if I'd feel comfortable

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supervising employees that
may be older than I am, I can

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assure you that my subordinates'
ages are not important to me.

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I have three years experience
supervising a staff of ten,

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some older than I am, and
some younger. "

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Many times unlawful questions
are not asked out of blatant

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disregard of the law.
They are asked because

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inexperienced interviewers are
simply curious or making small

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talk before the interview
begins. Handling these

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questions with
tact is crucial.