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I certainly wouldn't / won't answer official questions of the sort if I can avoid it. I work at a large tech company and have done interviews in the past - we
by unethical_ban 4y ago
I certainly wouldn't / won't answer official questions of the sort if I can avoid it.
I work at a large tech company and have done interviews in the past - we are instructed not to use gendered pronouns ever when writing our reviews or speaking about a candidate unless they specify a gendered pronoun.
It's getting weird.
- cirrus3 4y agoDo you find that adjusting your text/speech negatively impacts your ability to hire the best person? Or is it just annoying to you for personal reasons?
- unethical_ban 4y agoIt hasn't stopped us from hiring decent people. I'm torn on pronouns though. It feels very artificial to force a fundamental change in language for all people when so few are "impacted" by it. There is some empathy exhaustion going on for me.
- andsoitis 4y agoBias is a real thing and it goes both ways, both for the interview panel and the interviewees. It is worth removing bias in evaluating a candidate's ability to do the job, excel. It is why some folks don't include their photo on LinkedIn lest they be subject to filtering because of the way they look.