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I know, this is one of the questions that just rattles me completely so I try to stay with my profession career answers and sometimes they have asked if I have school age children that would hinder my work hour availabilities.

To the person who said something about potential companies doing interviews..just a helpful hint to you.. IT is AGAINST the law to ask you a specfic question suck as that.. Try looking up your local discrimination laws, Something else that could peak your interests are to google what interview questions are acceptable and legal in nature.. Hope that helps for future references..

I think the question about if you have school-aged children is illegal. I'm sure there has to be some law agaist it. You might as well ask if their age will prohibit them from successfully doing their job....lol

One question I hate is when they ask me to tell about a time when I disagreed with a co-worker. Not eveyone has had a problem or disagreement with a co worker. I choose to be there to do my job. I am amicable, but I am not there to make fiends and so I treat everyone the same and I respect that they may have differing opinions. However, if I want to have my own input I do my research and bring it to the table. Let them disagree with the facts, not me. And then on go on to the next thing.

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Asking about school age kids is a sneaky way to get around the illegal “how old are you” question. You can’t discriminate against age but if they can find a way to throw a flag and cover it from a different angle then they win.

I hate the whole canned interview process; I learned it back in school a long time ago. It’s a dance, a minefield, a way to single you out, not include you. These HR types irritate me to no end. Just admit you have no authority to say “yes” and let’s get on with our day shall we?

Otherwise, man up and ask me “Have you stopped beating you wife yet?” That one was good enough for politicians, it should work here.

I hate the question "Name a time when . . . . " so you're forced to go through your entire work history in your brain with a table full of people sitting there staring at you while you try to think of the one time in your life you had a disagreement with a coworker and what became of it.  I really don't do well at all in the pre-canned question interviews.  I'm much more effective in meeting with one or two people and having a frank discussion over my resume and discussing my job qualifications instead of trying to think of answers to questions like that.