10 Job Interview Questions You Shouldn't Answer

10 Job Interview Questions You Shouldn't Answer

HEATHER HUHMAN, GLASSDOOR

SEP. 19, 2014, 4:36 PM


University of Exeter/FlickrSome questions can lead to discrimination during an interview — and you don't have to answer them.

During job interviews, employers want to learn everything they possibly can about the people they interview. However, sometimes their questions can cross the line and promote discriminatory hiring processes.

There are a number of reasons job seekers should be aware of the types of questions employers can ask during a job interview. For example, in a recent study by Slater and Gordon, 40% of managers avoid hiring younger women to avoid dealing with maternity leave.

Examples like this show how important it is for job seekers to be aware of the questions they can and cannot be asked. Questions about race, age, gender, sexual orientation, and marital status are off limits during the interview process.

To avoid becoming a victim of discrimination during a job interview, here are 10 interview questions you don't have to answer:
1. Are you married?

Employers cannot ask questions about your marital status. Although an employer might ask this question to learn more about your time commitment, they cannot find out whether you're married or single.
2. Do you have children? If not, do you plan on it?

Again, employers tend to ask this question to find out about your availability at work. As stated in the study mentioned earlier, employers will (wrongly) use children as a determining factor of whether they hire a candidate or not.
Will Clayton/FlickrYou don't have to discuss your age in an interview.


3. How old are you?

Age discrimination is a huge problem job seekers face during the hiring process. Employers cannot ask you about your age, how long you've been in the workforce, or the year you were born.
4. What religion do you practice and religious holidays do you observe?

Employers may want to ask you about your religious practices to learn about your lifestyle and schedule outside of work. However, they legally cannot ask about your religious background.

Employers can ask you if you could work on Sundays or a particular holiday, but they cannot ask any question that reveals your religious beliefs.
5. Do you have any outstanding debt?

Employers cannot hold your credit history against your ability to perform in the workplace. When employers want to learn about your debt, they must ask for permission before obtaining a credit check.
6. Have you ever been arrested?

Employers cannot ask you if you've ever been arrested, but they can ask you if you've been convicted of a crime.
REUTERS/Yves HermanAsking what country you're from is illegal during an interview, even if you're willing to share.


7. What country are you originally from?

If you speak with an accent, employers might want to ask where you're from. Although this might seem like an innocent question, it is illegal because it's asking about your national origin.
8. When was the last time you used an illegal drug?

Employers cannot ask about your illegal drug use history, but they can ask if you currently use illegal drugs.
9. Do you enjoy drinking socially?

Employers cannot ask about your drinking habits during a job interview. This question violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
10. Do you live nearby?

Employers may want to ask about where you live to determine the length of your commute and availability. However, employers cannot use location to discriminate against you during the hiring process. They can only ask you if you're willing to relocate for the position.

Have you been faced with one of these questions during a job interview?

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19 iPhone Tricks And Tips Apple Doesn't Want You To Know

19 iPhone Tricks And Tips Apple Doesn't Want You To Know.

Posted Aug 11, by Beej Rudd [+]


This is everything you never knew your iPhone was capable of doing.
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1. There is an undo function that allows you to go back if you make a mistake writing a text message, email, or editing a photo. Simply shake your phone and this option will pop up.



2. Double-tapping the spacebar will automatically end the sentence with a period and start a new one for you.



3. As long as the camera app is open, you can use the volume buttons to take a photos.


Woah, this just stepped up my selfie game!

4. You can teach Siri how to properly pronounce words by saying, "That's not how you pronounce______ " and she will then give alternatives for you to choose the correct one.



5. By holding down the capture button in the camera app, your phone will take a series of photos so you can get the perfect shot.



6. You can control the scrubbing rate of streaming video/audio by moving your finger down the screen.





7. You can see the timestamps of your text messages by sliding your texts over to the left.



8. Swipe left on the Compass app and your iPhone will work as a level.



9. Your phone will charge much faster if you turn on "Airplane Mode" while charging.



10. Instead of having your phone vibrate or ring when you get a call or text, you can have it emit an LED flash. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then scroll down and turn on “LED Flash for Alerts.”



11. You can set a timer for listening to music or audiobooks before bed. Just launch your Clock app, choose the Timer button in the lower right and set the timer for however long you want your media to play. Then, tap "When Timer Ends," scroll to the bottom and choose "Stop Playing". Now you'll never have to turn off your music again after falling asleep.



12. You can create a longer passcode with letters instead of numbers. Go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock and turn off “Simple Passcode.”



13. You can find out what airplanes are flying about you. Just ask Siri "what flights are overhead."





14. Your phone will read texts aloud. Start by going into the Settings app. Choose General, tap Accessibility, then turn on the Speak Selection feature. After you've done this, the "Speak" option will always appear when you highlight text.



15. Change the vibration pattern for notifications. Go to Settings > Sounds > Ringtone > Vibration > Create New Vibration.You’ll be able to tell who’s calling or texting you just by the vibration.



16. If you hold down the "." on your keyboard, a menu will pop up with a list of web suffices to choose from, saving you the time of typing it out.



17. Take a screen shot by holding down the home button and the on/off button at the same time. The screen shot will then be saved in your camera roll.


This also works for iPad.

18. You can access all of your email drafts easily by holding down the "Compose" icon. It will then give you a list of all of your previous drafts.



19. Create shortcuts in no time. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Add New Shortcut. Enter a word or phrase that you use a lot and what you want the shortcut to be. Now, every time you type that shortcut, the whole word/phrase will appear.


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How to make your life better? All you need is email.

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Eric Barker March 13, 2014

How to make your life better? All you need is email.


I’ve covered a lot of research on how to make your life better but many people struggle with implementing changes because it seems like a major undertaking. It doesn’t have to be.

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You can make strides in 5 fundamental areas by just sending 5 emails.
HAPPINESS

Every morning send a friend, family member or co-worker an email to say thanks for something.

Might sound silly but it’s actually excellent advice on how to make your life better.

There’s tons and tons and tons of research showing that over time, this alone – one silly email a day – can make you happier.

This is why I often ask managers to write an e-mail of praise or thanks to a friend, family member, or colleague each morning before they start their day’s work—not just because it contributes to their own happiness, but because it very literally cements a relationship.

At the end of the week, send your boss an email and sum up what you’ve accomplished.

They probably have no idea what you’re doing with your time. They’re busy. They have their own problems.

For your boss, this let’s them know what you’ve been up to without having to ask and saves them from wondering and worrying. They’ll appreciate it and probably come to rely on it.

For you, it’s proactive and shows off your efforts, whichStanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer says is the key to success in any organization:

…you should make sure that your performance is visible to your boss and your accomplishments are visible. Your superiors in the organization have their own jobs, are managing their own careers, are busy human beings. And you should not assume that they’re spending all their time thinking about you and worrying about you and your career.

Once a week email a potential mentor.

Doesn’t have to be related to your job. Who do you admire that you could learn from?

As I’ve blogged about before, mentors are key to success.

Via The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ:

Any person lucky enough to have had one great teacher who inspired, advised, critiqued, and had endless faith in her student’s ability will tell you what a difference that person has made in her life. “Most students who become interested in an academic subject do so because they have met a teacher who was able to pique their interest,” write Csikszentmihályi, Rathunde, and Whalen. It is yet another great irony of the giftedness myth: in the final analysis, the true road to success lies not in a person’s molecular structure, but in his developing the most productive attitudes and identifying magnificent external resources.

This is one of those things everyone seems to know but nobody does anything about.

It’s the age of the internet, folks. If you have Google and half an ounce of resourcefulness it’s not that hard to find almost anyone’s email address. If they have a website, their email is probably listed on it.

What do you write? Try Adam’s method or Tim’s method orRamit’s method.

Email a good friend and make plans.

What does research say keeps friendships alive? Staying in touch every 2 weeks.

Got 14 friends? Then you need to be emailing somebody every day.

And what should you email them about? Make plans to get together.

Research shows the best use of electronic communication is to facilitate face-to-face interaction:

The results were unequivocal. “The greater the proportion of face-to-face interactions, the less lonely you are,” he says. “The greater the proportion of online interactions, the lonelier you are.” Surely, I suggest to Cacioppo, this means that Facebook and the like inevitably make people lonelier. He disagrees.Facebook is merely a tool, he says, and like any tool, its effectiveness will depend on its user. “If you use Facebook to increase face-to-face contact,” he says, “it increases social capital.” So if social media let you organize a game of football among your friends, that’s healthy. If you turn to social media instead of playing football, however, that’s unhealthy.

(More on improving friendships here.)
CAREER

Send an email to someone you know (but don’t know very well) and check in.

These “weak ties” are the primary source of future career opportunities.

From Charles Duhigg’s excellent book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business:

In fact, in landing a job, Granovetter discovered, weak-tie acquaintances were often more important than strong-tie friends because weak ties give us access to social networks where we don’t otherwise belong. Many of the people Granovetter studied had learned about new job opportunities through weak ties, rather than from close friends, which makes sense because we talk to our closest friends all the time, or work alongside them or read the same blogs. By the time they have heard about a new opportunity, we probably know about it, as well. On the other hand, our weak-tie acquaintances— the people we bump into every six months— are the ones who tell us about jobs we would otherwise never hear about.

“But I don’t know what to say.” Do any little thing that benefits them, not you. Try Adam Rifkin’s 5 minute favor.

Or just send them a link they might find useful.

Still stuck? Okay, send them the link to the post you’re reading right now.

If this has helped you with how to make your life better it can probably help them too. ;)

(More on how to network effectively here.)

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