Women reveal all the sexist questions they’ve been asked at job interviews
As part of a photo series by employment law firm Thomas Mansfield, university graduates were asked to reveal the weirdest and most offensive questions they’ve been asked while interviewing for jobs. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the women’s responses proved just how prevalent gender discrimination in the workplace continues to be. From inquiries about how willing they would be to flirt with customers, to requests for them to wear more make-up, to asking whether or not they get PMT (and, presumably, PMS), the questions got intimate and very inappropriate.
“Unfortunately, the experience of those surveyed are not one-offs,” Julie Goodway, a lawyer at Thomas Mansfield, told The Independent. “We are often asked how interviewees should respond to questions like these.”
Very little context is given for the series, but the questions these women were asked were extremely disappointing and offensive, and seemingly irrelevant to their qualifications to do a good job.