Had a final round interview for a finance role, and the director actually asked me if I planned on having kids soon. Not subtly , straight-up, “Are you thinking about starting a family in the next year or two?” 😑 I froze, gave a vague answer, and smiled through it, but now I’m furious. Is this kind of invasive question just accepted in finance circles, or was this wildly out of line? Would you have reported it or just kept your mouth shut and moved on like I did?

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Totally inappropriate and likely illegal, but sadly not uncommon.

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“Is that a requirement for the role?” or “I’d rather focus on skills and not personal matters.” But to be fair, I have no idea how I would actually answer being put on the spot like that. In a lot of places it is illegal to ask about that. You can file a report, I do understand wanting to just move on from it.

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