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0 pointsiaseiadit1y ago0 comments

I can only speak from personal experience, but since about 4 years ago, every candidate I’ve been asked to interview for a software engineering position has been Black, Hispanic, South Asian or East Asian. Not a single white American.

Are there no white people studying CS anymore or looking for jobs? Did they all stop applying?

Again, it’s only from personal experience. I never asked any of my coworkers a “hey, do you ever interview white people?”, so it could be a coincidence that I was never matched with any. But I don’t think that’s the most likely explanation…

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cplanas1y ago

Your experience is very different from mine. I rarely interviewed white candidates, but they were still more common than Hispanic and Black ones. The majority of the candidates were Asian.

muglug1y ago

That has not been my experience working for a big US tech company.

iaseiaditOP1y ago

I also work for a big US tech company. If it’s not standard practice, I’m happy to hear it.

0xbadcafebee1y ago

If you don't take them can you please forward me their resumes? It's extremely hard for me to find a candidate who isn't a 20s-30s white male named Chad.

iaseiaditOP1y ago

My understanding is there’s a lot of outreach at HBCUs, so you may try that. Also H-1Bs.

The joke that white men are all named “Chad” is tired. You’ll notice I didn’t say everyone I interviewed was name DeShawn or whatever. Let’s move past that.

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0 pointsiaseiadit1y ago0 comments

Are there no white people studying CS anymore or looking for jobs? Did they all stop applying?

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cplanas1y ago

Your experience is very different from mine. I rarely interviewed white candidates, but they were still more common than Hispanic and Black ones. The majority of the candidates were Asian.

muglug1y ago

That has not been my experience working for a big US tech company.

iaseiaditOP1y ago

I also work for a big US tech company. If it’s not standard practice, I’m happy to hear it.

0xbadcafebee1y ago

If you don't take them can you please forward me their resumes? It's extremely hard for me to find a candidate who isn't a 20s-30s white male named Chad.

iaseiaditOP1y ago

My understanding is there’s a lot of outreach at HBCUs, so you may try that. Also H-1Bs.

The joke that white men are all named “Chad” is tired. You’ll notice I didn’t say everyone I interviewed was name DeShawn or whatever. Let’s move past that.

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