[blindlaw] Pre-Interview Questionnaire

[WB]

If I had received this questionnaire and been able to actually read it
before the interview, I would have been confused as to what to do.  The
reason I say this is because it had a blurb at the end that said if any
information was falsified, it would affect the interview.  There was nothing
said about the disability questions being voluntary.

How should I handle this if I come across it in the future?  Do I leave that
blank even though I cannot hide the fact that I'm blind.  I know that sounds
silly to some, but I'm really unsure as to how to handle this specific
situation.

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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pre-Interview Questionnaire

A preinterview questionaire as you have described is patently unlawful.  If,

however, the information is being gathered on a confidential and voluntary 
basis, it may not be unlawful.  As we like to say, it all depends.
Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB" <mruniverse08 at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:37 PM
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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