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At large company, it's too much trouble to end the interview early. I ended an technical phone screen after five minutes, when I found a senior rails candidate
by fizx 14y ago
At large company, it's too much trouble to end the interview early. I ended an technical phone screen after five minutes, when I found a senior rails candidate had fudged his employment history and couldn't tell me anything useful about rails.
I had to spend the next half hour talking with recruiting and hr about this guy's claims of me verbally abusing him. They probably gave him another phone screen just to CYA.
Also, it's useful to gather evidence, because some hiring manager who has three more headcount to fill in the next two months before his performance review is going to wonder loudly if it was really sexism, or if we threw out a sterling resume over a misunderstanding.
- MBCook 14y agoCYA was my immediate thought too. What if he has impressed everyone else in the process so far? Maybe he's very personable when talking to men, or other interviewers happened to not ask questions that would have revealed skill deficiencies. If they want to hire him, saying he made a sexist comment might not prevent the hire. "Maybe he's not that bad." But if you have a couple of comments he made, and can show that he isn't technically proficient (or merely average) then you have evidence other people can use to make a good decision.