I've heard that the opposite of this suggested bias ought to be consciously corrected. If the stereotype for a senior engineer is a balding white male with gla

I've heard that the opposite of this suggested bias ought to be consciously corrected. If the stereotype for a senior engineer is a balding white male with glasses, and you have two prospective engineers with otherwise identical resumes and work histories: one balding white male with glasses and even a pocket protector on his white shirt, and one black woman with a wild T-shirt, which would you hire? The answer I'd heard before was that you should hire the non-conformist, because they've risen to identical positions and accomplishments despite the bias against them at each step, while the stereotypical engineer was probably assumed to belong in the positions they attained. So you should choose the stuttering surgeon and the messy lawyer when given the opportunity. (No idea where I heard it or what the phenomenon is called, though - anyone remember this?)