> given a Microsoft machine... the interviewer put me in a position where I was made to look and feel stupid, despite the fact that the recruiter had told me t

> given a Microsoft machine... the interviewer put me in a position where I was made to look and feel stupid, despite the fact that the recruiter had told me that I was interviewing for a Unix-type position. Yeah, maybe. ...but do you think that had anything to do with you being female? Do you honestly think that male interview candidates were given linux boxes, and they kept a windows box on a shelf in the closet JUST to trip up female candidates? I suggest that the problem was that either the recruiter was an idiot, or that you applied for a government job.