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>Not using a different challenge Like what? Even something like maths can be claimed to be "viewed generally as a male domain". And once you start accounting
by Perdition 12y ago
>Not using a different challenge
Like what?
Even something like maths can be claimed to be "viewed generally as a male domain". And once you start accounting for ethnicity and social background I think you would find it incredibly difficult to come up with something that had no possibly offensive cultural baggage.
Actually, maybe the challenge could be to design a challenge that was neutral.
P.S. Considering soccer's limited popularity in the US I doubt most candidates would know the rules.
- tomlock 12y agoWe may very well find it very difficult to come up with something that has no possibly offensive cultural baggage. Do you think soccer was one where someone made even an attempt to mitigate that baggage?
- davesnothere 12y agoI agree with the author that it would be better to have alternative coding challenges, even though interest in soccer is obviously not a male-only thing.
- Perdition 12y agoPossibly, as soccer isn't exactly a premier sport in the US. If it was American football, baseball, or basketball (with which the average American male is more familiar) I think the authors point would be stronger. I could make an argument that using a sport which has massive popularity outside Western European culture is a sign that the interviewer was thinking about diversity. Sports are good candidates for these challenges as they have reasonably complex rule, so it isn't necessarily that the interviewer was just selecting something they liked.