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If you're told to do something that you
feel is illegal, what would you do?
"If
you're told to do something that you feel is illegal, what would you do?"
This is an easy answer. Unless you are interviewing to be a gangster, you
should have a similar answer to mine.
Short Answers
"I
would first verify if it's legal or not. If it is legal, then I would continue
with the work. If it's illegal, I would not do the work and tell my manager
that this work is illegal. I would also let Human Resources aware of the
situation."
"I'd
verify if the work was legal or not. If it wasn't legal, then I'd confront my
manager and my manager's manager with this incident."
"I
wouldn't jump to any conclusions. I would rather question my manager to verify
if it is illegal or not. If I'm not convinced through facts, then I would
investigate through other means. If I find it is illegal, I will not continue
with the work and inform Human
Resources of this incident."
Long Answer
"If
I'm not sure, I would verify whether it's legal or illegal before performing
the task. If I find it is legal, then I would continue with the task. If not,
then I would report the request to the boss of the person who asked me to do
it. If the boss does not take appropriate action, I would find out why and
report the incident to Human Resources myself."
This is making you sound firm and stubborn. But in this situation, you have to
be bold with your answer. You cannot let them think that you would hide the
fact. This is especially true if you are interviewing for a finance or
accounting position that deals with money or other important information. |