civil-law germany employment
Unprofessional behaviour during interview
<p>A friend of mine was in a job interview during Covid-times, therefore it was all done remotely. At half-way through the interview, an unprofessional incident happened which made that friend believe, that the last half of the interview did not go in their favor:</p>
<p>The 3 interviewers decided to make a short bio-break, at first the 2 interviewers went off screen, however the third interviewer turned around and apparently their pants were not closed properly and slipped including underwear off. My friend saw the whole naked bottom half of the human body.</p>
<p>After the pause, everyone went back to the interview and continued as normal. However, this incident could have raised an unfavored bias.</p>
<p>Is there any legal ground, in German law, to indemnity? Clearly, my friend has taken a lot of time and effort in this interviewing process and already was at the final stages.</p>

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<p>Is there any legal ground, in German law, to indemnity?</p>
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<p>I am not very knowledgeable of German law, but the chances of <em>indemnity</em> seemingly are zero even if the unpleasant conduct were <em>actionable</em> on grounds of obscenity, indecent exposure, sexual harassment, etc. Also, your description nowhere reflects that the incident reasonably and/or actually traumatized your friend.</p>
<p>Since there was no contract between your friend and the employer pertaining to the interview, the time and effort your friend spent thereon are not susceptible to compensation.</p>
