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No I will not. Maybe the problem is everybody has a different definition for "culture fit." Mine has nothing to with age or personality style (or race or sex o

No I will not. Maybe the problem is everybody has a different definition for "culture fit." Mine has nothing to with age or personality style (or race or sex obviously). I've hired plenty of all types of those. But its whether a person will get along with our team, and will interact appropriately. They don't all need to be ongoing, or super talkative, or agree with everything we do, but they must have certain skills to mesh with our team. I've been in situations where there were people who were not culture fits, and I've left jobs where people were brought on board who were not culture fits. I find whether a person fits is much better then their exact skill level or knowledge. Both those can be learned. Fitting in with a culture is harder to learn. Edit: the rest of the article is really good though. Just wanted to address the one point I disagreed with.

gt_ 8y ago
The stubbornness to avoid articulating your “culture fit” screams discriminatory hiring practices. “Whether a person will get along with our team, and will interact appropriately” sounds like a great thing to hire for, if you have a broad definition of “appropriate”. Why not just use this language? “Culture fit” strongly suggests you’re limiting yourself to comfortable heuristics that can be the gateway to discriminatory hiring practices. Things like politeness, courtesy, ability to effectively communicate are just simply not a cultural concern. Why are you using that term? How would you differentiate your “culture fit” ideals from the “mono-cultural” standards promoted by alt-right groups? Their articulations of what they mean have nothing to do with visible characteristics like skin color. Granted, it all sounds pretty racist to me, but their explanations sound like they have a lot of overlap with your hiring. agenda. All you need to do here is be specific and there shouldn’t be any problem discerning between the two, right? So, can you explain why I should believe you’re not exercising discriminatory hiring practices?

gt_ 8y ago

The stubbornness to avoid articulating your “culture fit” screams discriminatory hiring practices. “Whether a person will get along with our team, and will interact appropriately” sounds like a great thing to hire for, if you have a broad definition of “appropriate”. Why not just use this language? “Culture fit” strongly suggests you’re limiting yourself to comfortable heuristics that can be the gateway to discriminatory hiring practices. Things like politeness, courtesy, ability to effectively communicate are just simply not a cultural concern. Why are you using that term? How would you differentiate your “culture fit” ideals from the “mono-cultural” standards promoted by alt-right groups? Their articulations of what they mean have nothing to do with visible characteristics like skin color. Granted, it all sounds pretty racist to me, but their explanations sound like they have a lot of overlap with your hiring. agenda. All you need to do here is be specific and there shouldn’t be any problem discerning between the two, right? So, can you explain why I should believe you’re not exercising discriminatory hiring practices?