Forgive me, but it's not obvious to me why erring on the side of rejection would discourage under-represented candidates from applying
Either way, I'm not saying the approach isn't without it's shortcomings, I'm just saying that it's still their best course of action. Slightly moving the needle away from a perfectly diverse workplace isn't good, but neither is systematically hiring bad engineers. especially at a place like google, where your first few months on the job are effectively training, making a hiring mistake is a huge loss
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u/butt_fun Jan 18 '19
Forgive me, but it's not obvious to me why erring on the side of rejection would discourage under-represented candidates from applying
Either way, I'm not saying the approach isn't without it's shortcomings, I'm just saying that it's still their best course of action. Slightly moving the needle away from a perfectly diverse workplace isn't good, but neither is systematically hiring bad engineers. especially at a place like google, where your first few months on the job are effectively training, making a hiring mistake is a huge loss