Be comfortable and happy about your graduation date that fact that you've lived after so many years as a home engineer well about the gray show pride with a smile feel like a professional. Every thing will be toward your advantage since we live with ourselves everyday!

You can't really hide your age or physical appearance in an interview, and if someone is going to discriminate there's no way it could really be proven, so just answer the question directly.

Anne always be honest on an interview because if they feel your hiding things ,it could be the reason why your not getting hired, but if you're feeling u comfortable at the interview, maybe it's not the right job for you.

Tough ones. But remember in a good interview, you should be asking questions about the employer as well. So what you should try and do when those questions come is duck, deflect and use it as an opportunity to sell yourself. Example: My graduation date? well that won't tell you anything about me that you need to know such as the fact that I am a great problem solver and conflict mediator . . .What is my family size? Oh dear, I'm afraid our conversation has wandered off-track into the personal. I'd like to get us back on track by asking about the company's goals for this year. My birth date? Oh, I never acknowledge them anymore. But let me explain how, with my life experience, I can run circles around anyone right out of school. Just examples but I think you can get the idea.

This is called giving a graceful "out". It signals that you know the question is illegal but you are also giving them a way to save face. If they are too stupid to recognize this, then you had no chance of getting the job anyway.

About that gray hair. Let me introduce you to my friend Mess Clairol. Men as well as women these days are hiding the gray to be competitive in the job market. Philosophically it should not be necessary but it is the way of the world right now. With an up-to-date hair cut and a new modern interview attire, you will not only appear younger but current--which just might help you avoid some of those illegal questions in the first place. Good luck--and don't let them see your desperation showing.

Hi Anne, those are tough questions to answer. You are in a rock and a hard place. If you don't answer them, they won't hire you. If you confront them by saying those questions are illegal, they won't hire you. If you answer them, they may or may not hire you. Those questions are bogus and have no place in an interview. I think its a personal thing. I believe you have the best chance at being hired if you give some sort of answer even though they have no right to ask. Its really up to you.

Your resume will provide most of the need data for the job requirement. Although you may feel the questions maybe inappropriate, being honest, humble and positive gives fruit to HR that you are who you are. By refusing to answer the question or giving negative comments to the interviewer can only suspect doubt of your qualification for the job. Besides having the required skills, your personal attitude, physical appearance, and physical signs of confidence, doubt, or fear can be felt. The employer wants sincere employees. They are very protective of their company's reputation, assets and the work harmony of the employees. Showing signs of negativism will certainly walk you out the door. Your call. If you really want to work at that company. Prepare yourself mentally and physically.

A life coach once gave me this as a reply to inappropriate/illegal questions. "That's an interesting question, how does this pertain to this job?" Or "why would you want to know that?" And be sweet as pie when replying. But the obvious ones I sometimes answer, like age because although illegal they have when I graduated from college and hopefully they can do simple math. But if they have that and still ask your age, pretty much tells me they aren't the brightest and it is not the place I want to be.

I thought asking a person's age was against the law, yet it seems every online application I complete asks.

You don't get around questions, you go through them. If I am an employer I am going to want to look at your performance as a mother simply because it's your latest work history. It can be used to your advantage. IE, if you tell the interviewer all the good values you taught your children and show him or her Diplomas, citizenship awards,sports, report cards etc, then they can see what fruits you produce. You show good results as a parent and they will be able to conclude that they will get good results out of the money they will be investing in you as an employee. It's just like your first job when you listed babysitting as a job, except that now you should be much better at presenting work experience in a way that will equate to applying those skills in the workforce. Plus you now have long work history, I also suggest you mention your husband and the great marriage you two have as that will speak well of you also. You see the strategy I am suggesting to you? President Trump used this same strategy against Hillary Clinton and it was highly effective. You look at his kids and it speaks volumes about him as a father and thus a father of a nation. So even if you can't stand President Trump or his kids and ex wives the strategy still worked for him. So dye your hair and go run with the positives because everybody discriminates just like they should. Just don't be a poster child, don't bring along with you a reason for someone to discriminate against you. But stack the deck for yourself and enjoy the good side of discrimination.

It's TERRIBLE how employers are getting away with just about EVERYTHING these days! When I used to live in NYC and I was filling out job applications online, only 5% asked for your date of birth even though it is ILLEGAL to ask that question. When I moved to Las Vegas in 2015 and I was applying for jobs online an ASTOUNDING 90% of them asked for either your date of birth or the year you graduated High School or BOTH!!!! So what puzzles me is WHY isn't anything being done about this. And the WORSE part about it is you CANNOT ignore it because the application WON'T let you go forward unless you fill it in!!! Because I am so SICK and FED-UP with all the SHIT these employers pull, IF they asked me that at the actual interview, the first thing I would say to the interviewer is " What does that have to do with my ability to perform the job? " I've already demonstrated that from my resume and from when you questioned me about my experience." In other words BE confrontational because it's MY way of saying " FUCK YOU, it's NONE of YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!!! " So that would by my euphemistic answer!