| Depending on where you live and the local laws, these | | | | unethical dilemma that was posed to them: |
| are questions that are not considered to be legal | | | | Imagine that you have a chance to increase sales in |
| interview questions but not actually be illegal to ask. An | | | | your company by a significant amount of money by |
| example of an unethical question would be one that | | | | securing a very valuable contract that is worth $2 |
| asks you to divulge secret or confidential information | | | | million. In order to gain this $2 million contract through, |
| about your current employer. | | | | the person you are negotiating with has suggested |
| This might be a legal interview question but it's one that | | | | that an under the table (ie. illegal or unethical) payment |
| simply shouldn't be asked. | | | | needs to be paid. |
| Another example of an unethical question would be | | | | How would you respond? |
| one that asks you to do something that would benefit | | | | In other words, would you accept the terms and make |
| the company you are interviewing with and in | | | | an under the table payment or would you walk away |
| exchange for doing it, would result in you getting the | | | | and refuse to make the payment but lose out on the |
| job. I've actually heard of companies who use a | | | | $2 million contract in the process, perhaps to a major |
| recruiter to find staff but then tell the job candidate | | | | competitor? |
| that they will hire them under the table by cutting the | | | | A third way to handle the problem is probably the |
| recruiter out of the deal in order to not have to pay | | | | most effective and correct way to answer the |
| the recruiter! | | | | question: keep negotiating until everything is above the |
| Would you want to work for a company that treats | | | | table! |
| people like this? | | | | In other words, negotiate until everything is |
| Probably not. | | | | above-board and legal. |
| Another example of an unethical question would be | | | | True, this would be an ideal result but remember this is |
| one that isn't actually unethical to ask but describes an | | | | just a hypothetical question and the interviewer would |
| unethical situation that you might face in your career | | | | most likely be assessing your credibility and ethics to |
| and asks how you'd respond to the situation. | | | | see how you deal with unscrupulous people. |
| For example, I've heard the following question asked in | | | | The last thing a company wants to do is hire someone |
| an interview and the goal of asking the question was | | | | who does things "the wrong way! |
| to gauge how the interviewee dealt with a hypothetical | | | | |