What Would You Do?

HR just hit me with the wildest (and probs illegal) question

final round for a senior dev role. everything was going super smooth—great vibes, fair comp, solid convos. then right before wrapping, HR goes: “just one more thing… are you planning to have kids in the next few years?”


I legit thought I misheard. Asked her to repeat it and she doubled down like it was a totally normal thing to ask. told her I wasn’t comfortable answering that. she seemed shocked I pushed back.


I left feeling super weird about the whole thing. anyone else had something like this in tech lately? should I report it or nah?

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