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As someone whose both given and taken several interviews, this is highly abnormal. (Though, I'm essentially WASP, so perhaps I don't receive them.) There is (IM
by deathanatos 10y ago
As someone whose both given and taken several interviews, this is highly abnormal. (Though, I'm essentially WASP, so perhaps I don't receive them.) There is (IMO) no legitimate reason to ask questions of race or ethnicity in a interview for a software engineer or similar (as it's simply irrelevant) … especially in today's world where we're trying to fix any discrimination in the field.
- dijit 10y agoI have asked "are you eligible to work in <Country>" if their current location is outside of the country or it is known they are not citizens. Which I guess would be a question about race? in a way? I wouldn't ask a white person who spoke swedish and had a very swedish name as I'd assume they are swedish by birth.
- uiri 10y agoRace, color, national origin and citizenship are all protected classes which are illegal to discriminate against in the US. Race is orthogonal to nationality and citizenship. Especially in countries of immigrants like the US and Canada.
- dijit 10y agoOK, but if you're interviewing over skype with me and your name is Abdullah Izrahim and your address is Dubai... it's not unreasonable for me to ask if you're able to work in the EU...