'I was asked if I was a crier': Your worst job interviews revealed

Meanwhile, other questions are not just annoying – they are illegal.

Discrimination against a protected characteristic is against the law, external, meaning an employer cannot treat you less favourably based on your age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

Employment lawyer Roy Magara says that women being asked if they intend on having children in an interview is a "quite common" kind of bias. He says he has also seen a case where an older candidate was told he didn't get the job after an interview because he didn't fit the "vibe" of a younger team.