[CholeraJoe]

You can ask questions without asking them but you have to relate any rejection to their answers. EX: "This job involves irregular hours and some travel. Are there any reasons why you couldn't accomodate such a schedule?" If they volunteer that they have to be available every day at 4pm to take little Trixie to her ballet lessons, they brought it up not you.

[xsmommy]

and the answer you would have to give would have to cite to their inavailability and NOT the reason for that unavailability. If the job requires XYZ hours and you can't be there then, that is a legit reason to not be offered the job. Managers/Employers are often very dumb and will say completely ridiculous things. i am sure i had an actionable comment made to me when i spoke to a boss about needing a maternity leave, but of course, i am not the litigious sort.