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irritating interview questions

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interviewing · 12/11/2011 17:22

Admittedly the interviewer either received all the information from me (the house bit was one of my reasons for leaving last job) or could read it out of my CV but this seriously angered me. If I don't vent about it here I might punch the interviewer in 2nd interview should I get one.

  • so Mrs 'interviewing's foreignsurname', you used to be called Interviewing Englishsurname (uni certificate), you're married and you have recently renovated a house, what's next on your list and how does that relate to you potentially working here?

arrgggggggg. ARGGGGG. You stupid f**king dark ages interviewer. Don't you realise your smarmy formulation of - are you going to have a baby? is going to potentially lose you excellent candidates.

Am I going to have a baby? At some point, hopefully. Is it any of your business or an appropriate topic for a job interview. Hell NO.

You're in HR you clueless Arsehole. Get your stupid self into the 21st century.

And breathe.

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scurryfunge · 12/11/2011 17:32

I have been asked directly at interview when I was planning on having children too. Really irritating though the lead interviewer quickly shut the person up.

I have also been asked what my husband thought of me doing a risky job. Wtf?

HarrietSchulenberg · 12/11/2011 17:28

The head of my department regularly asks her female staff of childbearing age if they are thinking of having babies. Doesn't bring it up at interview (that I know of) but she asks people regularly.

I had a job interview on Friday in which the interviewer pointedly asked about my children and childcare arrangements, which I answered because I really wanted the job even though I knew he had no right to ask as it wasn't relevant to the post.

HeresTheThingBooyhoo · 12/11/2011 17:25

how did you answer?