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Prince Edward Island: Interviewing Questions Guideline Information gathered from: Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission HRC Information Kit Disclaimer: CharityVillage Ltd. has taken precautions to ensure that this information is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate. However, CharityVillage Ltd. accepts no liability for any loss or damage, consequential or otherwise, incurred in the reliance on the information provided. CharityVillage Ltd. accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information, and expressly excludes any warranties in relation to its fitness for purpose. Readers are advised to retain competent legal counsel.
Subject	Acceptable Questions Hiring Practices	Questions to be Avoided	Acceptable After Hiring
Name	Name under which applicant has been educated or employed.	Maiden name.
Address	Present and previous addresses in Canada. No inquiry provided.	Foreign address which may indicate national origin.
Age		Information revealing specific age.	Birth certificate may be requested but not used to discriminate.
Sex	Inquiry permitted only in the case of a domestic employed and living in a single family home or with an exclusively religious or ethnic organization where sex is a reasonable occupational qualification.	Any inquiry as to gender; different or coded application forms for males or females.
Marital Status	Only questions pertaining to the willingness of applicant to travel to other areas of the province or country.	May be asked but not used to discriminate. applicant is pregnant, on birth control, or has future child-bearing plans.	Applicant's marital status, spouse, number of children or dependents, child care arrangement
Birthplace Nationality Ethnic or National Origin	No inquiries permitted.	Any inquiry revealing birthplace, applicant's nationality or nationality of parents, grandparents, relatives, or spouse, or ethnic origin, mother tongue.
Citizenship	'Are you legally entitled to work in Canada?'	Any inquiry into citizenship status that would tend to divulge nationality, ancestry or place of origin.	Request for documentary proof of legal entitlement to work in Canada.
Military Service	Inquiry into Canadian military service only.	Inquiry into all military service.
Languages Spoken	Languages the applicant speaks, reads or writes.	Inquiry into mother tongue or where knowledge of language was obtained.
Race Color	No inquiry permitted.	Any inquiry which would indicate race, color, or complexion, including color of eyes, hair or skin.
Photographs	Not permitted.	Any request for a photograph.	Acceptable after hiring if for purposes of identification.
Religion Creed	If employment is with a strictly religious organization that is not operated for private profit, and is operated primarily to foster the welfare of a religious group, and with respect to persons of the same religion.	Any religious holiday for which the employee will require leave of absence.	Any inquiry revealing religious denomination, affiliation or preference, including willingness to work on any religious holiday, church holidays observed, religious dress.
Political Belief	No inquiry permitted.	Any question revealing political belief, affiliation or preferences.
Education	Academic, vocational, professional or technical school attended, and nature and level of education received.	Specific request for information relating to attendance at religious denominational schools which could be used for discriminatory purposes.
Organizations	Membership in any organization with the qualification that applicant is not required to list any clubs or organizations that indicate race, religion, color, age, sex, marital status, ethnic or national origin, political belief, or physical or mental handicap.	If individual wishes to join workorganized activities or teams, etc.	Request that applicant list all clubs, organizations where membership is held.
Relatives	Name and address of person to be notified in case of emergency.	Name and address of next of kin to be notified in case of emergency.
References	Many question references, including previous employers, about information pertinent to job performance. Who referred applicant for a particular person.	belief, or physical or mental disability.	Any inquiry from a reference that would reveal applicant's race, religion, color, sex, age, marital status, ethnic or national origin, political
Physical or Mental Handicap	Defect or Disability	Has the applicant a handicap or health problem that reasonably precludes performance of duties for the position under application?	Any general inquiry into the nature of a physical or mental disability or health problems.
Work Schedule	Willingness to work required work schedule.	Any inquiry about willingness to work on any particular religious holiday.	Any religious holiday for which the employee will require leave of absence.
Height Weight Strength	Inquiry permitted only where directly required by the job or jobs sought.	Any inquiry which may be discriminatory if it screens out disproportionate numbers of minority group individuals or women and cannot be shown to be essential to the performance of the job.
Miscellaneous		Request applicant to consent to a personal investigation.
Source: Used by permission of the Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission