!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=d014396e-b366-4c17-aeac-3ce906fa3fd0';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"d014396e-b366-4c17-aeac-3ce906fa3fd0","mediaId":"5fe3514d-db8d-4081-b300-f14031b36269"}).render("687fad24e4b0f82d4c3105e1");});“What do you like to do in your spare time?”If you’re in a job interview, think through your answer very carefully. Although this question has nothing to do with your relevant job skills and qualifications, it can be the reason you don’t get hired. Sociologist Lauren Rivera, a professor of management and organisations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, said across national and international surveys, this remains a common question job candidates get asked before the job interview officially starts. “Interviews can be a somewhat awkward interaction,” Rivera said. “There’s often a desire on the part of the evaluator to make the interviewee feel comfortable ... And one of the ways that interviewers most commonly do that is through asking questions about, ‘What do you like to do in your spare time?’”But this is not just idle chitchat, because what you do when you’re not working can reveal your race, gender, class and caregiving res