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I can only speak from personal experience, but since about 4 years ago, every candidate I’ve been asked to interview for a software engineering position has bee
by iaseiadit 2y ago
I can only speak from personal experience, but since about 4 years ago, every candidate I’ve been asked to interview for a software engineering position has been Black, Hispanic, South Asian or East Asian. Not a single white American.
Are there no white people studying CS anymore or looking for jobs? Did they all stop applying?
Again, it’s only from personal experience. I never asked any of my coworkers a “hey, do you ever interview white people?”, so it could be a coincidence that I was never matched with any. But I don’t think that’s the most likely explanation…
- 0xbadcafebee 2y agoIf you don't take them can you please forward me their resumes? It's extremely hard for me to find a candidate who isn't a 20s-30s white male named Chad.
- iaseiadit 2y agoMy understanding is there’s a lot of outreach at HBCUs, so you may try that. Also H-1Bs. The joke that white men are all named “Chad” is tired. You’ll notice I didn’t say everyone I interviewed was name DeShawn or whatever. Let’s move past that.
- muglug 2y agoThat has not been my experience working for a big US tech company.
- iaseiadit 2y agoI also work for a big US tech company. If it’s not standard practice, I’m happy to hear it.
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- cplanas 2y agoYour experience is very different from mine. I rarely interviewed white candidates, but they were still more common than Hispanic and Black ones. The majority of the candidates were Asian.