My sister works at FAANG HR and told me that her company has a goal to interview XX% of minority (women, black, Spanish etc) for their open positions Debating if it’s good or bad. It’s good because minority will get more chances. But I also recalled my own interview experiences that I suspect I was put through the process because I am a minority. Example 1: told recruiter in first phone screen I expect X3 of the initial comp range they told me. Recruiter said they can figure it out and put me to final round. Later on, when comp topic came up, they are still way far from my expected comp even after up-leveling. (why put me through the process if you are still so far from my expected comp?) Example 2: got scheduled for an on-site for FAANG after initial phone screen. Interviews were 95% behavioral questions but got declined because they wanted someone with domain knowledge in the specific field (isn’t it obvious what my experiences are on resume?) Anyone has similar experiences? Wonder if it’s even related to the diversity goal?
Diversity will get you an interview call not the job. You still have to ace interviews and fight the unconscious bias in most well known companies.
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Diversity interview goals are fine, although I don't think thats the best way to go about things. Diversity hiring goals are not fine, and discrimatory. There's a big difference.
I wish this diversity thing would extend to non-visible physical handicaps. Those of us with them have a fraction of the job opportunities that fully-abled people have and lose more from having them than being white would gain us. (Am visually impaired. The 70% of US jobs that require a car to get to are closed off to us.).
It does. But there's no way for us to know unless you volunteer that information. And if you do, well, now your a target for discrimination.
Are you in tech? 95% behavioral seriously?
I am in tech but not engineering. Operation and sales.