RE: Conducting Telephone Interviews

[al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com]

> David Dubin said...
> The interview question that I have always hated is "what do you want
> to see on your tombstone?"  The last time I was asked that, it was by a
> 20 something interviewer when I was in my 50's ( I was born in 1946)
and
> my response was "Died 2048"
>
Kenneth Nuckols wrote:
> It strikes me that this question would be in terribly bad taste under
> any circumstances. After all, you never know if the person you are
> interviewing may have recently lost a loved one, or if someone might
> think you are engaging in agism at their expense (especially a more
> mature candidate).
>
I agree with Ken.  In my opinion, the "20 something" may have thought he
was cute, but he put his company in jeapordy for legal action from a
variety of angles--age descrimination being the most obvious. I worked for
a small company that was involved in such a lawsuit.  It sure put a damper
on moral, and it also significantly shortened the 20-something's career
path which was too bad because other than trying to be smart at the wrong
time, he wasn't a bad kid.

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