I just got a job offer at my top choice company. I thought my interview loop was extremely easy and I’m honestly surprised I got the job. I can’t help but think the hiring manager lowered the bar to hire me because I’m a woman. I felt like this when I got my current job, too, and personally saw another female engineer get hired because my manager at the time wanted another female on the team even though I didn’t think she was that great of a candidate. It made me self-conscious to wonder if that’s how I got hired, too. I’m not saying this happens every time because I’ve been interviewing for 4 months and have been rejected a bunch after phone screens and this is my first offer. Regardless, there’s always this fear that when I succeed it’s due to people being lenient because I’m female. I don’t want that kind of special treatment and want to be judged by my skills. I most definitely do not want my coworkers to think that about me and it gives me imposter syndrome and anxiety to think that could be true. I guess my question is, do you have an inherit bias towards female engineers and assume she doesn’t know her shit or you do the opposite and go easy on her because she’s female? Both types of thinking is sexist in my opinion and it’s really awkward to deal with (especially when people act “impressed” by my achievements as if I shouldn’t have them compared to any other ‘dude’). I really just want to know what people (both men and women) think. I won’t judge if you admit to being biased (intentionally or unintentionally).
Women are the new quota candidates. My VP is always lamenting about not hiring enough female engineers. HR keeps on pestering about meeting some number that they have set to hire female engineers. But its a great time to be a female engineer. Reap all you can! Edit: I was at this years KubeCon (still in hotel unable to sleep) in Seattle, and I have never seen so many female engineers as I have in this event. But this is a good development, I support hiring more females to coding, devops, support, etc. They do bring different perspectives to problem solving.
I am a female engineer too. Do not think so much. Get the best u can and believe in yourself. I have worked my ass off to get where I am. I dint see any biases. I failed Facebook and Google interview first time I gave a try. I realized I was under prepared. I had to to prepare much more to pass them.
This girl gets it right. Don't think about this shit. There are no good answers or outcome from discussing these. Just work hard and be excellent in what you do.
Women, bruh
I couldn’t care less about the gender of my coworkers. I care a lot about what strengths they bring to the team, the quality of their deliverables and how they’re able to collaborate with others (like me) in the workplace 🤷🏻♂️
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There is unquestionably bias. Just work above it.
I believe regardless of what or whoever you are, you will be judged and be biased against for better or worst. That’s just life, you have to do your best and prove it to yourself that you are worthy. Don’t seek validation from others.
It doesn't matter. Almost all people in positions of power didn't get there on skill alone. It's in fact a waste of energy/inefficient to over-index on skill. Especially considering that there's only a small percentage of people with deep amazing skill in a domain. What you want to chase after is success and success is multi-faceted. It's not just based on skill in a domain.
Also, you worrying about whether or not you were hired just because you're female. Do you think a man wonders if he's hired just because he's a man vs because of his skills? Hell to the no. And there is a chance that he didn't get hired because of skill. There's a chance he likely got a job because interviewers can have strong preferential bias towards males because that's what they're more comfortable around, etc.
Maybe I worry more just because I’m female and that’s what we do and we have more need for validation compared to men. I wouldn’t say it’s because of the patriarchy. 🤷🏻♀️I really don’t know what the men think that’s why I made my poll.
Also, not true. Men need just as much validation but they're not as vocal about it and when it comes down to comparing their skill set with others they're less likely to be worried about a female counterpart (unless she's in the top 1-3% performers across both genders). But I assure you, men suffer just as much from worry. The way that manifests is different from the way it manifests in women. And to clarify when I speak about men worrying I mean in regards to their own personal skills, not in regards to whether or not they were hired for skill vs for gender.
Make a poll. It's usual not only for interviews but in teamwork too
Made one with some possible choices.
Nice