Employers do ask:
1. Over 20s where they have worked before and Y they left?
2. Qualifications
3. How they would get to work on time
4. Wages & commissions
5. Customer relations (assess response)
6. Personal life, relationship bf (assessing pregnancy)
7. Discuss contract
8. References (rarely taken up....as past employers could be sued if misled).
Am an employer and try to put applicants at their ease so we can work together harmoniously....that's how I have a happy work-force.