Being from India myself and having had partially similar experiences, there are two instances of bias in this story that perhaps need to be illustrated individu

Being from India myself and having had partially similar experiences, there are two instances of bias in this story that perhaps need to be illustrated individually. 1. A strong bias against a candidate because of not having a computer science degree: This is liberally applied to both men and women, and is fairly common. It is even enforced by college policy during career fairs to some extent. For example, my college's application process did not allow civil engineering majors to apply to "computer" companies, even if the companies themselves might potentially have been interested. Similarly CS graduates were excluded from civil engineering companies. Since all job applications passed through the college's centralised system, it was impossible to bypass this requirement, short of personally trying to persuade one of the recruiters. 2. Chauvinism -- what the author experienced is the real and horrible chauvinism that is prevalent among the older (equivalent of Baby Boomers) generation in India. Actually, chauvinism is just one of a range of "we know best" attitude that seems to pervade this generation. Kudos to the author for keeping her cool in dealing with this cohort of assholes and winning out.