[blindlaw] Pre-Interview Questionnaire

[David Andrews]

You are assuming that the questions on the form are there for proper 
and legal reasons.  It isn't necessarily so!

Dave

At 03:49 PM 9/27/2009, you wrote:

>You have to bring it up. I am guessing, and its just a guess, that 
>that questioning on the form is for some non selection related 
>reason such as statistics, or they could contract with the 
>government in some capacity at which point hiring disabled 
>individuals cangive them a leg up.
>
> > From: mruniverse08 at gmail.com
> > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:37:34 -0500
> > Subject: [blindlaw] Pre-Interview Questionnaire
> >
> > Recently, I went on an interview with a law firm. There was a pre-interview
> > questionnaire that was to be filled out when you go to your interview
> > appointment. I was not able to complete this before meeting with the
> > attorney. On the form, it asked if you have impairments to hearing, vision,
> > etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > As I was unable to fill in the form before my meeting, the attorney and I
> > discussed my vision impairment and assistive technology during the
> > interview.at my initializing of that piece of conversation. The banter back
> > and forth regarding this issue seems to have gone well.
> >
> >
> >
> > My question is, are companies allowed to bring up a disability or 
> do we have
> > to bring it up first to be covered by the ADA? I was under the assumption
> > that we do to cover ourselves. I was curious since the question was posed
> > on the pre-interview form and from what I can tell, these disabilities are
> > not a detriment to the particular position they are attempting to fill.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please note, that this firm has not given me any particular negative vibe
> > regarding disability. I'm simply asking for future reference.
> >
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