# Which Job Interview Question Is Actually Legal to Ask?

> The answer: questions about your skills, like your strongest abilities, are typical and fair game. Questions on family, marital status, or age are not.

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Last updated: 2026-08-11

**The answer is a question about your skills — like being asked about a skill you're most confident in. Questions about family plans, marital status, or age are off-limits.**

Interviewers are allowed to dig into your qualifications and how you'd perform on the job. What they can't legally ask about are protected-class topics — kids or plans to have them, marital status, and age all fall into that category and shouldn't come up in a legitimate interview.

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