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afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 11 months agoPeople can’t be trusted to hire correctly but they can be trusted to do a their job correctly? Say I was interviewing another engineer, you would argue that I can’t be trusted to do this task, but you presumably accept I can be trusted to do all other tasks associated with my job. Strange how I lose all ability to reason correctly the moment I walk into the conference room and regain it the moment I leave.
Hey if I stand in the door way will I be in a superposition state between bigoted and rational or will I be half of both at once or is it more like the Trinity? You know a mystery of the church…watch as the engineer is fully rational and fully irrational the two are separate but of same substrate.
MonkRome@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t know how many hiring committees you’ve been on, but I’ve been on several over the years and one thing I know with absolute certainty is that most, if not all, people are completely incapable of being unbiased in the hiring process. There has to be checks and guideposts to lessen those biases or you end up with incredibly culturally homogenous situations that are in no way based on qualifications and have everything to do with culture fit. Which is usually just code for hiring people that don’t make them uncomfortable because they’re not used to being around people with brown skin or without a dick. I absolutely believe that people that are otherwise very capable in their jobs are often horrible at hiring. In fact I would go as far to say that hiring people based purely on what you need in a job role is massively more difficult than many people realize. Most job qualifications listed in the hiring process are usually not in line with the job requirements, but in line with who people want to weed out.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
MonkRome@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Did we sign some contract that obligates me to answer nonsensical questions?
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Given that you made specific claims about people in general you can hardly fault me for wanting to know some of the details.
Exactly what part of the interview process do I become magically irrational and what happens if I linger in that exact location? Sounds pretty straightforward.