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"Interview Strategies: Navigating the Question Minefield"

In the news: "The hidden dangers lurking in many interviews are those tough or possibly inappropriate questions for which there seem to be no right answers, but many wrong ones, note consultants Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass. They discuss how to save yourself if you get hit with one."

 

DANGEROUS QUESTIONS include:

? Tell me about yourself.

? Why are you looking to move?

? Where do you see yourself in five or 10 years?

? What are your strengths/weaknesses?

? Why do you want to relocate?

? What do you do in your free time?

? The Hypothetical

? Questions for which you don't have an answer

 

QUESTIONABLE QUESTIONS include:

? Marital Status/Children

? Age

? Political, Religious and Social Affiliations

? Nationality and Citizenship

? Disabilities

 

and OFFENSIVE QUESTIONS

 

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Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 22 February 2010. Copyright 2009.  ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).