Key Facts

• Tiara Allen says she waited about 40 minutes for an interviewer who had not scheduled the meeting; she took the retail job because she needed work.
• Allen later viewed the wait as a warning about how the company might treat its staff.
• Chas Edwards says a book-publishing interviewer asked whether he was a crier and wanted someone who would not cry at work.
• Edwards says he stayed in the job for 13 months despite describing his boss and working conditions as miserable.
• Corinne Card says an interviewer ended an administrative-job interview after she said she liked working with people.
• Career adviser Corinne Mills suggests asking interviewers to clarify unusual questions and says interviews also let candidates assess a company.
• Lawyer Roy Magara says employers cannot treat candidates less favorably because of protected characteristics, and he describes questions about plans to have children as a common form of bias.
• Magara says applicants who suspect bias can submit a subject access request to see how a company discussed their application internally.