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Originally Posted by PhDGirl
Yeah, I've been asked illegal questions in interviews as well. Sometimes people are asking conversationally (like to get to know you) and they're not HR people so they aren't really up on all of the illegal questions. Other times (especially for women in high-powered positions) they're asking because they think external factors impact your dedication.
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Eh, I'm quite sure the AAMC sends out a list of illegal questions each year, so at the very least, the program directors know about them. It's just that being a minority in pretty much every way possible for my field, there's almost an expectation that I won't be able to hack it. I think part of it was also to see if I would get flustered - hell, I'm going to get questions about those things daily for the next few years, if I can't hack an interview, how will I deal with colleagues' comments.
Led to some interesting discussions though, so I didn't mind. Too much.
