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Is it legal for companies to ask for my high school graduation date on online job applications, and how should I handle it?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Is it legal for companies to ask for my high school graduation date on online job applications, and how should I handle it?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
EEOC asking age date of birth graduation date job application age inquiry legal employers United StatesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
South Carolina employment application high school graduation date age discrimination law officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short fact100%Other / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
EEOC asking age date of birth graduation date job application age inquiry legal employers United States Google ↗
South Carolina employment application high school graduation date age discrimination law official Google ↗

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
EEOC asking age date of birth graduation date job application age inquiry legal employers United States
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Short fact——1x
of 1
South Carolina employment application high school graduation date age discrimination law official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Short fact——1x
of 1