Unintentional discrimination is considered as unlawful as intentional discrimination.
Although state and federal statutes and regulations do not generally speak directly to the job interview, we can extrapolate from them some guidelines that should reduce the chance of conducting interviews that could be found discriminatory. These guidelines are not intended to prohibit the hiring of qualified candidates for positions. Instead, they are intended to ensure that employers use criteria that are job-related and nondiscriminatory. Prepare in advance a list of questions related to the written position description. Determine as objectively as possible what knowledge, skills, and abilities are necessary to perform the job successfully, and then ask applicants only for information necessary to judge their competence in relation to these job requirements.