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"...to a 5 year old" should be pretty safe. "...to your grandmother" could be construed as both sexist and ageist, so I'd avoid it.
by cruise02 11y ago
"...to a 5 year old" should be pretty safe. "...to your grandmother" could be construed as both sexist and ageist, so I'd avoid it.
- CaptSpify 11y agoPersonally, I don't really see much of a difference. Some 5 year olds are better at $x than "grandmothers". So wouldn't "to a 5 year old" be ageist as well?
- cruise02 11y agoUse some common sense. For how many values of $x that would be the subject of an interview question are 5 year olds going to be better than grandmothers?
- CaptSpify 11y agoYour missing the point though: There's a reason the "non-technical grandmother" is a stereotype. By using "common sense", it makes sense to use that stereotype.