Job Interview Questions You Don't Have to Answer视频及英语对话文本：
Audra Lowe: Well, right now let’s talk about Your Money, shall we? When you lad that big job interview, you’re usually the one that’s worried about answering questions, right? But, you should also worry about what’s actually being asked. Better’s career and finance expert Maribel Aber is here and she’s going to talk about the things that employers are not supposed to be asking you to answer and there’s a lot of questions out there, am I right?
Maribel Aber: There are. Yes.
Audra Lowe: Good to have you back.
Maribel Aber: Good to be here.
Audra Lowe: You know a lot and some people feel like, “look, I'm looking for a job.” And, some people I hate to say their feeling’s so desperate that they will answer a lot of the questions that they don’t realize should not be asked of them right?
Maribel Aber: It’s absolutely right. I mean right now, the job figures are still unemployment about ten percent.
Audra Lowe: Right.
Maribel Aber: And, people are really focused on when we get the interview. When they get the interviews, they don’t think about there are some things they maybe should not be answering. And, this is specifically true for new managers who meant — just not know they shouldn’t be asking specific questions.
Audra Lowe: Exactly. Say if he feels uncomfortable to you, chances are they probably should be asking like for your age. Can they ask your age or anything anywhere in that area?
Maribel Aber: Almost. They can ask you if you’re 18 years of age. You know they can ask you that question.
Audra Lowe: Legally able to work.
Maribel Aber: Legally.
Audra Lowe: All right, okay.
Maribel Aber: Under the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967, you can't discriminate against people who are 40 years of age or older.
Audra Lowe: Okay.
Maribel Aber: So, there’s not similar thing though for those who are less than 40 years old so just keep that in mind.
Audra Lowe: Interesting because someone did ask this and said, “You know, I was in a job interview and the person asked me, hey you’re child of the 60s or maybe you’re of the 70s.” And, so that’s a little sleek way of you ask —
Maribel Aber: You kind of figure it out, right?
Audra Lowe: Yes, yes. Interesting!
Maribel Aber: So, stay away from that.
Audra Lowe: What about asking if you are married? If it’s an innocent conversation that you’re having and they asked you are you supposed to answer that question and are they able to ask?
Maribel Aber: They shouldn’t be asking like questions. That is not permitted. You can't be discriminated against based on your marital status.
Audra Lowe: And why is that?
Maribel Aber: A lot of times, employees whether Jew is they’ll find out well, if they’re married or let’s say that they have children, are you planning to get pregnant. All those things are not permissible because you can't be discriminated against because of your marital statues or your parental status.
Audra Lowe: Because — and they feel like you can devote less time to the job if he’s got a husband or kids, things like that. Okay.
Maribel Aber: Exactly.
Audra Lowe: So, they cannot ask you on one of those questions?
Maribel Aber: No, no. A new manager has always had that — that problem. They do. That’s a very popular question.
Audra Lowe: Yeah, oh okay. Then, what about innocent — obviously innocent questions? Where were you born? When were you born? What country are you from? Is it legal for them to ask you questions like that?
Maribel Aber: They’re not permitted to ask you about your national origin because you cannot be discriminated against based on your national origin. They can ask you if you were authorized to work in the United States, okay. But, you cannot be discriminated against on your immigration status or if you are U.S — your citizenship so they can ask you those things.
Audra Lowe: What about they say something like, “Hey, where’s your accent from? I see here an accent.”
Maribel Aber: See, that’s a tricky way of trying to get around it. You shouldn’t be asking those types of questions.
Audra Lowe: Okay. Another one, that a lot of times, there are certain job requirements that you know hardly you're to lift 20, 30, 40 pounds. Can they ask you if you’re able to do that to perform those duties on the job?
Maribel Aber: That’s a popular question. You do as an employer want to find out whether they are able to perform specific duties so it’s tricky. What they can ask you is whether you can perform things with reasonable accommodations. You can't be discriminated against based on disability or mental incapacity. It’s under the American’s Disability Act of 1990. Employers can't do that.
Audra Lowe: Okay. This is all really good information to know and that they cannot ask you a lot of these questions even after you’ve been hired.
Maribel Aber: That’s right. And then, the bottom line here is they can’t ask you them during the interview process. They shouldn’t be asking you them in the applications itself and even after your hire, they shouldn’t be asking you.
Audra Lowe: All right, thank you so much Maribel. I definitely appreciate it and if you guys have questions for Maribel you can always e-mail her at askmaribel@bettertv.com.
