HR Management & Compliance

HR Interview Questions


What
do you, as an HR professional, need to tell your supervisors about interview
questions that can be asked during a job interview? The following are permissible interview questions for employers:

  • You can tell applicants that if they are offered the job, they will be required to verify their legal right to work in the United States.
  • It is acceptable to ask an applicant about the ability to speak, read, or write in another language other than English if the use of another language is relevant to the job for which the person is applying.
  • You can inform applicants about company policies concerning job assignments of employees who are related.
  • You can ask applicants whether they can perform particular tasks
    if these tasks are essential job duties. If a physical exam is required
    for the job, you can inform candidates that if a job offer is made,
    they will have to pass a physical exam in order to be hired.
  • You can inform job applicants about your attendance policy
    and discuss regular job hours, shift assignments, and so forth. You can
    ask the applicant if he or she has any problem with that. It is
    important to note here that reasonable accommodations must be made to
    account for a person’s religious obligations. Problems in this regard
    would not necessarily exclude this applicant.
  • You can ask an applicant who has indicated military service on a résumé or application questions about skills and experience acquired during that service that apply to the job.
  • You can ask applicants job-related questions about criminal convictions.
    For example, if you are hiring someone for a position that involves
    handling money, you can inquire about whether a conviction concerned
    theft.

For more on this topic, check out our free White Paper: Questions To Ask in an Interview: Interview Questions for Employers.

 

2 thoughts on “HR Interview Questions”

  1. Don’t forget to train your supervisors on how to steer an interview back to safer ground if it unintentionally goes off the rails – if, for example, an innocent question about an applicant’s trip over to the interview site winds up as a long explanation of his or her problems getting out the door in the AM and finding reliable childcare, etc.

  2. Don’t forget to train your supervisors on how to steer an interview back to safer ground if it unintentionally goes off the rails – if, for example, an innocent question about an applicant’s trip over to the interview site winds up as a long explanation of his or her problems getting out the door in the AM and finding reliable childcare, etc.

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