Flirting & personal questions: More interviewers are crossing the ethical and legal lines.

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While it's important to make candidates feel comfortable during interviews, it's also important for hiring managers to know the line--both ethically and legally. A new survey says too many interviewers don't understand where that line sits.

A full 20% of job applicants say that an interviewer has flirted with them during a job interview, according to a survey of 2,000 people by background-screening firm JDP. The candidates' response? 71% of male candidates say they flirted right back, as did 58% of women.

Plus, a surprising 59% of applicants say that they've been asked questions about their personal lives during an interview--and 1 in 3 said it made them uncomfortable.

A third of candidates were also asked during interviews about their relationship status...