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I hope your kid has just a mild case of the flu. A really great food to help is chicken soup with lemon juice added.

I have always viewed it the way you are viewing this guy as some one who wants to hire “people who came from backgrounds just like the people who already work here.”

If your organization has a professional environment and the job candidate has the necessary skills/experience and comes across in the interview as professional then how can they not be a “cultural fit”? What other culture are hiring managers refering to?

Guys like him are job security for HR professionals.

P.S. — Hey there Kerry, long time no see.

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For example, here in Wisconsin, it’s illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. If his questions led to the revelation that his candidate was gay, he could not discriminate on that basis if he were in Wisconsin (the other states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, plus the District of Columbia). This is NOT illegal in Georgia though (no surprise there).

Marital status is also a protected class in some states (although again, not Georgia). Religion, national origin, etc. are protected everywhere, so if your answers revealed that information, it could be a problem.

Let me be clear: I’m not saying Richard Anderson or anyone else at Delta would discriminate against anyone. I have absolutely no reason to believe that (and in fact, on the first point in particular, larger airlines tend to be pretty gay-friendly). But when you ask questions like this, it leads candidates, especially unsuccessful candidates, to wonder if revealing one of these things is the reason. Often they’re wrong, but companies spend a lot of time and money defending that stuff. That’s why it’s best to never ask questions like this (aside from what I believe to be the even better reason: they don’t tell you whether the person will be successful in the job).

I bet the HR people and the lawyers at Delta are not too thrilled with Anderson right now.

On an job interview, I want to see what makes management’s eyes sparkle. What gets them sitting on the edge of their seat and talking with their hands? Is it the same stuff that makes ME want to work in this industry? What are we going to do all day for the next three to five years if I get the job? Are we both excited and engaged about that?

I do not see how that includes talk about my family. Isn’t it illegal to ask me?

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