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| Jan 11, 2012 at 17:43 | comment | added | Kyralessa | It's not legitimate. It's asking about a medical condition, so it's probably a violation of HIPAA, and possibly of the Americans with Disabilities Act as well. What would be legitimate: "Our developer offices are open cubicles in the middle of a peanut factory. There's peanut dust everywhere. We know that some people have food allergies so we try to be up-front about this. In case we call and offer you the job, please consider beforehand whether you can comfortably work in this type of environment." A refusal then wouldn't necessarily say anything about the person's medical condition. | |
| Jul 13, 2011 at 13:34 | comment | added | GHP | Hmmm while potentially illegal in some countries (US HIPPA laws perhaps) this is a legitimate question. What if the business has a team that handles giant bags of peanuts, leaving peanut residue on your door knobs and the like? I'd be glad as hell that an interviewer told me this if I had a peanut allergy, which can be life threatening. | |
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| Oct 13, 2010 at 20:39 | history | answered | sal | CC BY-SA 2.5 |