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0 pointsdennis_jeeves21y ago0 comments

> Also if a senior person can't in 30/45 min of talking with someone figure out the general experience level then the problem is them, really.

Actually most of them, including the really inexperienced juniors have 'figured' you out in less that 15 minutes, or at least they have decided whether to hire you or not in 15 minutes. But they have to put on a charade of being fair.

Also a 'white' older male is the least preferred even if he is smarter compared to all females and the minorities that are being interviewed as long as they are not terrible. Biases galore.

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wanderlust1231y ago

Got any evidence for the following claim:

“ Also a 'white' older male is the least preferred even if he is smarter compared to all females and the minorities that are being interviewed as long as they are not terrible. Biases galore.”

spacebanana71y ago

Isn't that the definition of affirmative action? Which most companies claim to do (e.g Google [1]).

Admittedly Google also claims not to discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, which is somewhat contradictory to the definition of affirmative action as positive discrimination [2].

[1] https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action

pseudalopex1y ago

The Wikipedia article did not define affirmative action as positive discrimination.

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renewiltord1y ago

He's close. The real bias is against extremely good looking guys named Rene who are also way smarter and charismatic than everyone else. Terrible bias.

phlakaton1y ago

I dunno. "Rene" sounds a lot like "renege." Which probably means you'll sign on to a project and abandon it halfway through or something. Very sus.

(I wish I could say my early interviewing rubrics were any better than this. We have come a long way as a people, we Silly Valley programmers.)

Aeolun1y ago

That kinda makes sense, unless you want Rene to be your replacement.

Tainnor1y ago

> Also a 'white' older male is the least preferred even if he is smarter compared to all females and the minorities that are being interviewed as long as they are not terrible. Biases galore.

I will agree that ageism is a thing, but 90% of all of my coworkers (who were software engineers) have been white males, so I cannot at all agree with this take otherwise.

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