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It stands for “emotional quotient” and they ask you a bunch of questions about diversity, feminism... They watch your responses for tone and vocabulary and can
by msghacq 8y ago
It stands for “emotional quotient” and they ask you a bunch of questions about diversity, feminism... They watch your responses for tone and vocabulary and can veto your hire if they deem you insufficiently enthusiastic. The motto is: “eq > iq”. You can imagine why MS might not be keen on this.
- blattimwind 8y agoHoly shit?
- Doxterpepper 8y agoSo they basically give a political Voigt-Kampff test as part of their interview process?
- parasight 8y agoThis sounds kinda scary. I don't want to have a racist or a misogynist in my team or company but this seems to go way too far.
- xnxn 8y agoI think this person is trying to make it sound scary. Interview responses are monitored for tone and vocabulary everywhere. Insufficient enthusiasm is often a valid reason not to hire someone. It is appropriate to ask questions about diversity and feminism during an interview—those are core values of the company, the first bullet point on their Careers page, even. https://github.com/about/careers https://github.com/about/careers
- johnchristopher 8y ago> It stands for “emotional quotient” and they ask you a bunch of questions about diversity, feminism... Are you saying github is asking questions about diversity and feminism in their hiring process or that an eq test has these questions ? Because political opinions have nothing to do with eq testing (see http://myframeworks.org/testmyeq/ http://myframeworks.org/testmyeq/).
- msghacq 8y agoYes they ask about diversity and feminism and call that eq. As another poster linked, you can see that’s their #1 cultural bullet point: https://github.com/about/careers https://github.com/about/careers
- Legogris 8y agoDiversity and equal rights are politicized right now, but that does not mean it has anything to do with political alignment or affiliation.