I am curious if it is illegal to be asked your age by your interviewer in a job interview. Is this true? And is it a federal law. I am from the U.S. FL

Depends on what they're asking. They have the right to verify that you're over 18 or, in the case of a bartender, that you're over 21. But, for them to ask your age in general is illegal. That is, they can not use that as part of their hiring criteria when choosing one candidate over another.

it is NOT illegal to ASK age
it IS illegal to make an employment decision of any kind based SOLELY on the age of the applicant or employee if they r 40 or older.
generally employers will ask if the applicant is 18 or older due to child labor laws & scheduling issues that relate to them as well as concerns of age requirements for some types of jobs.


EDIT:
this is from the EEOC website:
''Pre-Employment Inquiries
The ADEA does not specifically prohibit an employer from asking an applicant is age or date of birth.''
http://eeoc.gov/types/age.html

questions r not illegal
what is done with the & decisions made based on the r what is illegal.
because it is hard to prove intent & disprove claims of age bias the question is best not asked but it is legal to.

its true. it is illegal to ask. but they get around that by asking for your drivers license or id to prove who you are or for other reasons.

No. Some jobs require that you be a certain age-- serving alcohol example. Age can also be relevant to the amount of experience you might have. It is illegal to discriminate against a person in hiring because of their age. This is more typically related to people who do not want to hire older workers. They must have your date of birth for tax purposes and to confirm that you are legally able to work in the U.S. as well.

Hope this helps!

Yes, if it leads to age discrimination.

Yes.

Generally, no.

However, it is against the law to discriminate against older people because of their age. So, it is OK for a job application to ask for a birthdate. However, if the applicant then fails to get the job, the applicant can attempt to argue that he/she was a victim of age discrimination.

At the other end, employers can make their own decisions about whether they want to hire 18 year olds, or 21 year olds, or whatever. And sometimes there r legitimate grounds for discrimination. For instance, if state law requires that someone be 21 in order to serve alcohol & you're only 19, then the employer can decide not to hire u as a bartender or waiter/waitress. Or if you're going to be driving a vehicle for the employer, the insurance coverage may restrict drivers to a certain age--over 21, or over 24, for instance.

If asked ur age, u can always politely counter, ''Can u tell me why you'd like to know?'' Then make ur decision.

You can be asked your age -- especially if your age would be relevant to the type of work for which you are interviewing. However, unless your age IS relevant for the position, it can not be used against you in the hiring process. Typically then it is not a good question for an interviewer to ask, unless the age of the worker must over a certain age due to legal restrictions.

Yes, it is illegal to ask someone their age during an interview. They can ask you if you are over 18 or over 21, but not your date of birth.

Realize though that if you put down what year you graduated from high school or college someone can guestimate how old you are.

l think it is illegal because they are interviewing you and they do not need to know your age they just need to know if your qualified to do the job all they really need to know is if your 16 or18 and older.