You walk into an interview, shake hands, and dive into the process. The first thing you are asked is, “Where did you go to school?” You provide the name of your undergraduate alma mater, but the supervisor replies, “No, I mean high school.” After finding out you both graduated from the same school, the conversation quickly turns into what year you graduated, what neighborhood you grew up, where you go to church, where your kids go to school, and your thoughts on Skyline Chili.
Now the big question: Where did the supervisor go wrong during this interview?
For most Cincinnati natives, nothing stands out. This conversation is par for the course. However, this seemingly innocent conversation could hit several topics that should not be asked during an interview, and are not frankly relevant to an applicant’s ability to do the job. Asking an applicant what year he graduated unveils age. Where you go to church unveils religious preference. And where your kids go to school divulges whether or not you are a parent and may need to take time off to care for the children. The questions could lead to the assumption that if the applicant does not get an offer of employment, it may have been based on their answer (i.e., applicant is 55 years and older generations are not technologically savvy, applicant goes to church every Sunday and we need people working Sundays, applicant has children and we need an employee who is fully devoted to their job and won’t take time off to have children,...
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