Handout E

Practice Exercise: Rephrasing Interview Questions

Instructions: Determine if the questions can be rephrased to be considered legal questions and, if so, write the legal questions below. Some of these questions relate to topics illegal under any circumstances.

  1. Do you have any condition or disability that would prevent you from being able to perform the essential functions of this job?

  2. Have you ever had an on-the-job injury?

  3. Will your disability prevent you from performing the essential functions of this job?

  4. Are you in good health?

  5. . What is your prognosis for recovery?

  6. Have you ever been hospitalized? And if so, for what condition?

  7. Will your condition cause you to take much time off?

  8. How often did you miss work at your last job because of your illness?

  9. How did your disability come about?

  10. Have you ever had a drug or alcohol problem?

  11. Are you taking any prescribed medications?

  12. Have you ever filed a worker's compensation claim?

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