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"mainly to check the chemistry between a potential new-joiner and the team members" "Chemistry" is just an excuse to allow unconcious bias to run rampant IMHO.
by maxehmookau 6y ago
"mainly to check the chemistry between a potential new-joiner and the team members"
"Chemistry" is just an excuse to allow unconcious bias to run rampant IMHO. New hires shouldn't need to enforce the existing culture of the team you have by matching it.
They should be adding to it, not neccessarily emulating it.
- specialist 6y agoYa. What he wants is conformity. Which is a good filter, for better or worse. Think sororities and fraternities recruiting pledges. For better or worse. I've long accepted that I simply don't fit into most orgs. "Oh yea, JIRA Agile SOA dynamic typing FTW, woohoo!" I can say the words. But most people sense on some level that I'm lying.
- maxehmookau 6y agoHomogeneous teams move fast, sure. It gives the illusion of growth and progress. However, they don't often move efficiently, or even in the right direction.
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