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There are other ways to figure out someone's judgement and character. I've had a couple of interviews where I believe the interviewer was trying to trigger an a

There are other ways to figure out someone's judgement and character. I've had a couple of interviews where I believe the interviewer was trying to trigger an anger response, I assume to see how people handle stress. I've had interviews where the question of views on sexual harrasment came up. I've applied at places that required passing drug tests before sending an offer letter. In other words, there are plenty of ways to detect bad behavior without discriminating against the 100 million Americans with a criminal conviction [0], especially considering this discrimination particularly effects certain minority groups. 0: https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/just-facts-many-americans-have-criminal-records-college-diplomas https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/just-facts-many-americans...

golergka 9y ago
> without discriminating against the 100 million Americans with a criminal conviction Word "discrimination" has a negative meaning that's not always true. Wouldn't you discriminate against 200 millions Americans who can't write FizzBuzz when interviewing for coding position?
- randyrand 9y ago
  But what if those FizzBuzz-failing people are racial minorities? Surely we should then ban FizzBuzz because those people tend to be a certain skin color. \s. That's all this criminal history check ban amounts to, IMO.
  - sokoloff 9y ago
    If you can't FizzBuzz, you can't code; if I need a coder, I don't need you. Nothing to do with skin color, sexual orientation, or anything else relevant to me as an employer. I'm not following how a criminal background check ban is equivalent to a bonafide occupational qualification.
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