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Using his is not PC, there are female hackers. In my experience I thought only other guys coded and then I went for an interview that went awful. I was interv

Using his is not PC, there are female hackers. In my experience I thought only other guys coded and then I went for an interview that went awful. I was interviewed by two people separately. First was a guy, who was the Director of Development. Before he left the room, he said Janice will be interviewing you next. I thought she must be the office manager or HR person and during interview I said "Oh so you do the HR stuff around here?" She said, "No, I code," to which I replied "You code - huh?" Needless to say I didnt get that job, yet I learned something.

StavrosK 15y ago
"That's rare enough to elicit my surprise, interesting."
- wvoq 15y ago
  It's not really as benign as you're insinuating it to be.
  - StavrosK 15y ago
    Why not? It's a fact that there are almost no women in cs, so the op's initial assumption was reasonable.
DevX101 15y ago
If I were her, I would have sacked you too.
rachelbythebay 15y ago
Your kind is more common than some might think. "Hi, this is $obvious_female_name calling from $company for $candidate, please?" "Oh, I thought this would be a technical interview." Result? Instant 1.0 score, which basically means that if you hire this person, I will quit. Turns out they've hired a bunch of those people anyway, and I quit anyway.
- lawrencejohnson 15y ago
  If you were supposed to be performing technical interviews, why would you base the candidates' ratings on something completely non-technical?
  - rachelbythebay 15y ago
    It's not just a technical interview. It's also a "should we hire this person", and in that case, the answer is no.