A candidate told me about a previous employer who asked if she planned on having children. I felt my stomach drop. Some questions are not just illegal, they are insulting. What inappropriate interview question have you heard lately that made you cringe?

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I was very young at the time, and was asked if I was married, if I had kids, or if I planned on having kids. Totally taken by surprise, and didn’t even realize I should have been walking out the door the second it was asked.

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