Candidates are often asked personal questions such as hobbies, interest and marital status by the prospective employers while appearing for job interviews. Some think that these questions are necessary as it reflects individuals’ mindset, while others think the opposite. I believe, it is important to ask for these personal questions as these are key barometer to determine the suitability of the candidate and the reasons to support this argument are discussed further in this essay. While there are multifold reasons to discuss questions related to hobbies, family etc. the first and foremost is that the employer will be able to identity if the candidate will be available to support long working hours and cope up with abiding job pressure Most of the jobs for example, working in law firms, consulting requires long tedious working hours including working on weekends and public holidays, which might be difficult for a married individual or for a mother, as they might be required to attend family responsibilities. Furthermore, knowing interest and hobbies helps one to evaluate personality traits which in-turn will facilitate to judge the adoptability and inter personal skills, this is deemed as mandatory in the current corporate environment as everyone these days spend more time in office with peers than with family. Moreover, the hobbies and the interest help to understand soft -skills such as communication, team player, leadership from the interest one pursues. This will help the employer identify the right person for the right job and will reduce attrition, as well. On the contrary, some people argue that this information can be kept confidential and this should not be relevant to consider the eligibility of the applicant. Secondly, recruiters’ decision may be prejudiced after knowing these details. For instance, recruiter may not want to hire a female who is about to start a family as she will be going on maternity leave sometime soon after joining. To conclude, I believe, in order to know the person better and to select a right fit for organization it is fundamentality required to discuss personal information also, this could serve as a better ice-breaking point starting point for interviewee to demonstrate his or her strengths. Therefore, with due caution and taking into consideration job profile and the moral ethics such information can be discussed by employer. 
Candidates are  
often
 asked  
personal
  questions
 such as  
hobbies
,  
interest
 and marital status by the prospective  
employers
 while appearing for  
job
 interviews.  
Some
  think
 that these  
questions
 are necessary as it reflects individuals’ mindset, while others  
think
 the opposite. I believe, it is  
important
 to  
ask for
 these  
personal
  questions
 as these are key barometer to determine the suitability of the candidate and the reasons to support this argument  
are discussed
  further
 in this essay. While there are  
multifold
 reasons to discuss  
questions
 related to  
hobbies
,  
family
 etc. the  
first
 and foremost is that the  
employer
 will be able to identity if the candidate will be available to support long  
working
 hours and cope up with abiding  
job
 pressure Most of the  
jobs
  for example
,  
working
 in law firms, consulting requires long tedious  
working
 hours including  
working
 on weekends and public holidays, which might be difficult for a married individual or for a mother, as they might  
be required
 to attend  
family
 responsibilities.  
Furthermore
, knowing  
interest
 and  
hobbies
  helps
 one to evaluate personality traits which in-turn will facilitate to judge the  
adoptability
 and inter  
personal
  skills
, this  
is deemed
 as mandatory in the  
current
 corporate environment as everyone these days spend more time in office with peers than with  
family
.  
Moreover
, the  
hobbies
 and the  
interest
  help
 to understand soft - 
skills
 such as communication, team player, leadership from the  
interest
 one pursues. This will  
help
 the  
employer
 identify the right person for the right  
job
 and will  
reduce
 attrition,  
as well
.  
On the contrary
,  
some
  people
 argue that this information can be  
kept
 confidential and this should not be relevant to consider the eligibility of the applicant.  
Secondly
, recruiters’ decision may  
be prejudiced
 after knowing these  
details
.  
For instance
, recruiter may not want to hire a female who is about to  
start
 a  
family
 as she will be going on maternity  
leave
 sometime  
soon
 after joining.  
To conclude
, I believe, in order to know the person better and to select a right fit for organization it is  
fundamentality
 required to discuss  
personal
 information  
also
, this could serve as a better ice-breaking point starting point for interviewee to demonstrate  
his or her
 strengths.  
Therefore
, with due caution and taking into consideration  
job
 profile and the moral ethics such information can  
be discussed
 by  
employer
.