alt Hacker News> They specifically asked personal questions - parents stuff, relationship, etc.
In the US any employer who asks you about personal relationships during an interview is opening themselves up to an illegal discrimination lawsuit.
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like_any_other • today at 9:28 AM
Even just an IQ test [1] or teacher licensing test [2,3] opens them to illegal discrimination, so that's not saying much.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co.
[2] https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/black-latino-teachers-...
[3] https://teachercertification.com/nystce/multi-subject-arts-a...
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Which protected characteristic does "personal relationships" fall under? It's vague enough to mean almost anything you want it to be, and I struggle to imagine any sort of successful prosecution.