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I believe any question that relates to your life outside work such as your marital status, your kids or how your relationship would endure a startup job can get you in trouble in the U.S. - but I am not a U.S. HR pro. However, I learned that it is safest to just focus on job related things in the U.S., while in Germany people will put things like their picture, marital status, religious affiliation, age, etc. on their resume - all of which will send a U.S. HR manager into shock :)