Why interviewers like to know if you have siblings, and if you do, they like to know ur birth order.. what for?

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it is not the same to judge a person based on how many siblings he or she has and what position he or she is in the family, as compared to judging based on a paper test. The former is just a gross extrapolation based on stereotypes.

actually got motive one. because if you're the youngest/only child you tend to be more "spoiled" and cannot 吃苦.
This is like saying because if you're black or latino you tend to be more "violent" and cannot 有教养
 

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A lot also like to ask if you are married, have kids etc. Not sure how relevant it is for guys. Maybe they worried take a lot of paternity leave.
 

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it is not the same to judge a person based on how many siblings he or she has and what position he or she is in the family, as compared to judging based on a paper test. The former is just a gross extrapolation based on stereotypes.


This is like saying because if you're black or latino you tend to be more "violent" and cannot 有教养
i mean, i wont be surprised if some companies actually judge a person based on some personal questions or aptitude tests otherwise why the need for such things?
 

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IMO is not legal. They ***** kpo
Job also not ours yet they screen and hold such info for simisai
 

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good question also, i also dunno, why they ask such question, am i marrying the HR zeh zeh that
s why she ask so many questions?
 

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Been in such low quality interview and got this question before (& other bad questions). 😒

Not sure whether izzt illegal in Singapore or not. But this kind of interview question will not be ask in a well established company with proper HR policy; well interview process & trained interviewing personnel.

If anything, how sibling factor even contribute to the work ability and result? 🙄
 

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Been in such low quality interview and got this question before (& other bad questions). 😒

Not sure whether izzt illegal in Singapore or not. But this kind of interview question will not be ask in a well established company with proper HR policy; well interview process & trained interviewing personnel.

If anything, how sibling factor even contribute to the work ability and result? 🙄
Sometimes they don’t ask such questions in interviews but they require it to be answered in their job application forms....
 

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They're asking questions to assess your commitment level available and that would determine if they are willing to pay you your asking rates or not. If you're single and unmarried why should they pay your asking salary if they think you don't really need it because you've little or no commitment.
 
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