It was a fairly attractive woman, either quality being rare for our org. But its even more rare to have a photo on your resume.

But the article is right - it hurt them. It made her look like she didn’t have confidence in her engineering skills - and that she was trying to cash in on being a minority. What other reason could there be? (legitimate question)

It’s hard then to imagine who a picture helps. Someone that confirms stereotypes? Why would you even need a photo then.

p.s. Afterwards I emailed the recruiter to say they should remove photos, put some placeholder.