How best to answer 'What are your preferred pronouns?' in an intervew

The name thing is interesting isn't it.

People say "oh it's just like your name" but it isn't really, is it? Most people don't chose their name. At most they might chose the variation.

It's more like saying "what name do you think best describes you?".

And someone replying "Oh I think I'm a Mary, I'm definitely a Mary sort of a person".

And then getting all annoyed that the other person in the office called Mary doesn't particularly appreciate being lumped in as "a Mary sort of a person" at all.

And then insisting that you get to use the other Mary's mug because it says Mary on it.

I'm actually a big supporter of people not biting their tongue in these situations and getting arsey with the interviewer.

By the same token, if it’s standard, isn’t it weird to ask.

Depends on the job. As I mentioned up thread, ds was asked at an interview. First question was "would you like to share your preferred pronouns". Luckily I had warned him it was a likely question as he had no idea what any of this was about at the time.

Get ChatGPT to create a few pages of gibberish, and hand them over saying - "pleased you asked, Here you go. Make sure everybody in the company is aware thank you kindly."

Just dare them to say you're taking the piss. Just dare them ...

Absolutely not! I have never been asked how I would like to be addressed in all the interviews I have attended. Every single time, my first name has been used. The only pronoun that need to be used during an interview is ‘you’.
So Jane, what made you think about applying for this job?
Have you ever been in a situation where…
What would you do if…

"The obvious ones".

Dare you to answer "Gemini", OP.

It's like someone asking you what your star-sign is. It's just a polite thing to answer and then you tacitly agree to the whole ideology.

https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/when-asked-what-are-your-pronouns

I don't think they ask this at interview

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It’s like someone asking you what name you’d prefer to be called by - it’s a courtesy, just to check they are addressing you how you’d prefer. It’s not a test, so don’t be a difficult arsehole - just tell them and move on. You’ll never hear another thing about it.

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You don’t have to get political at a job interview

They are "getting political" by asking you.

I'd just say I'm an adult human female.

Yes

Did you explode into a thousand pieces when you were misgendered? I doubt it. You probably rolled your eyes and got on with your day. But this ideology that you’re defending actually hurts and endangers women and girls.

People do get treated differently though, don't they, and women always get treated worse.

A female friend recently became a CEO, and men still mansplain to her!

If I were asked my pronouns, I'd be tempted to say, "He/him" in the hope of getting treated better.

Pleeeease could a gender-critical pregnant mumsnetter answer 'male' at her next appointment and let us know how it goes down?

My DC has teachers are (not ‘claim to be’) non binary, and use Mx. It’s super simple. Primary school kids don’t seem to have an issue pronouncing it.

I would say xi/Chen then go on a ramble about how you generally don’t mind people not using them because not everyone is up with current thinking. Part of winning at interview is standing out from the crowd.

Indeed and given that we’ve had a (now former) male CEO of a rape crisis charity insisting they were referred to as she/her, I really have issues with compelled speech if this nature

The problem with that is that no-one ever addresses you directly by third person pronouns - the only ones which change with sex in the singular. Third person pronouns are how someone speaks about you to others and I'm not sure you can compel the speech of others like that.

I answered this with if I wasn't born female how would I be pregnant? Midwife laughed and said I know it's ridiculous. I feel sorry especially for medical professionals being told to ask these kinds of things

I'm Alex.

I deliberately have my name as Alex not Alexandra on my email signature so noone knows what sex I am. I'm certainly not adding my pronouns.

Ds was asked in an interview for a residential assistant in university accommodation. He had shown me the email from the senior RA who was on the interview panel and I warned him to be prepared for the question.

Only genderists say "my pronouns are she/her!". It's not "standard" at all.

If you're a woman then she / her is standard. I don't think it's weird to answer with that.