Is this acceptable behaviour from an interviewer in a job interview?

cm00

Brynsam wrote: »

You're massively overreacting to what seemed to have been nothing more than an attempt to get you chatting.

No I'm not. This happened quite some time ago and I let it go without complaint. It's only after seeing what happened when Trump said that three black women should 'go back and sort out their own countries" - with them being American born, making them in fact American, that I realised how out of order that guy was to guilt trip me about not putting Welsh as my nationality.



I felt like that I had done something wrong. But I wasn't in the wrong to state that I'm English.

cm00

74jax wrote: »

My dad is Irish and my mam English. On forms I class myself as English as I was born here. However I was once asked about my last name and I explained I class myself as half Irish. The other person was Irish and we had a discussion over the whys and what fors of being half English half Irish. I didn't think anything of it and we just chatted about it.

I probably went wrong there. I just explained why I wrote that I'm English. I guess he was just triggered, being Welsh. Because I wrote that I was English, and stuck to that. He probably thinks I should have wrote British.


I should have wrote British though, it's not a problem. Would have avoided this.

fannyadams

I am a little confused as to why your nationality (English/Welsh/British) appears on your CV.
I mean I have seen 'ethnicity' on the 'Equal Opportunities' part of an application form, but that tends to be based on skin colour not nationality.
I think I have seen/been asked for my National Insurance Number and my passport number (I think this was in response to the 'can you legally work in the UK' question).
But I've never put my nationality on my CV, ever. Perhaps that's why I never get an interview?

Blatchford

cm00 wrote: »

I probably went wrong there. I just explained why I wrote that I'm English. I guess he was just triggered, being Welsh. Because I wrote that I was English, and stuck to that. He probably thinks I should have wrote British.


I should have wrote British though, it's not a problem. Would have avoided this.[bQUOTE]

No, you shouldn't have wrote British. You might have written British.

Are you sure that he wasn't correcting your use of the language instead of your nationality?

ThemeOne

If he wanted to test how you reacted to an uncomfortable situation, he should have chosen a scenario that didn't fall foul of equality legislation - assuming Blatchford is correct, and he sounded very definite.

All you can do is contact HR. I don't suppose HR will be happy to hear what happened, and they won't hear unless you tell them.

elsien

Although I'd suggest if you do go down that route avoid words such as triggered and guilt-tripping. And definitely leave Trump out of it; there is really no comparison.

I'd still quite like to know exactly what he said to lead you to the conclusion I bolded earlier.

Blatchford

ThemeOne wrote: »

If he wanted to test how you reacted to an uncomfortable situation, he should have chosen a scenario that didn't fall foul of equality legislation - assuming Blatchford is correct, and he sounded very definite.

All you can do is contact HR. I don't suppose HR will be happy to hear what happened, and they won't hear unless you tell them.

I am correct in this matter. But I seriously doubt the posters version is accurate, given the histrionics about Trump and so on. There's actually no evidence, even by the posters version of events, that anything happened. So an interviewer commented on the fact that a certain surname is of Welsh origin, commented that they themselves were Welsh, and.... what exactly??? They were "triggered"? What does that mean? They insisted that someone who is not Welsh put their nationality down as Welsh? Exactly how did they do that? And this interviewer deliberately picked them? How do they know? Sorry, but even if the posters version of this is accurate and correct, which isn't in evidence, then has anyone any idea how insane it sounds? And so it's being suggested that they go to HR making allegations which, accurate or not, sound insane, and with no evidence. Seriously? The only thing that ensures is that there's a file note that says "never shortlist this person again".

Smodlet

I resent having to put, "British" on forms instead of "English" but, as far as I know, "English" has not been a nationality since we first entered the Common Market. No doubt someone will be along to correct me.

OP, perhaps a little more attention to detail might serve you well in future interviews.

Blatchford

Smodlet wrote: »

I resent having to put, "British" on forms instead of "English" but, as far as I know, "English" has not been a nationality since we first entered the Common Market. No doubt someone will be along to correct me.

The insanity on this thread appears to be contagious. Really????

The first British passports were issued in 1915. Setting aside all British history before that point, how the hell do you get to "it's all Europe's fault I'm British not English"?????

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Blatchford wrote: »

The insanity on this thread appears to be contagious. Really????

The first British passports were issued in 1915. Setting aside all British history before that point, how the hell do you get to "it's all Europe's fault I'm British not English"?????

You really need to calm down.