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"Say I was asked 30 questions; I missed 3 of them and didn't get hired. It's a reasonable to assume that these 3 questions were considered important in the general assessment." Tha…

A lie of omission would apply if you state a selection of true facts and ignore other ones so as to make yourself look better than you are. In this case, I'm stating that I was a h…

You also did not wear a pink and blue striped hat, and did not get an offer. And yet, you seem to not connect your failure to wear a pink and blue striped hat with your failure to …

"whiteboarding perfect syntax, delving into absurd language minutia and "gotchas", f'ing around w/ brain teasers while an interviewer introduces behavioral stressors (sighs, ticks,…

I was in Seattle / Kirkland, and it was invite only there. I showed up every week (as did the vast majority of the Kirkland HC). But, yes, I could have been more extensive in my cr…

Consultants are asked case studies. Writers are asked to write something (or submit writing samples). Actors are asked to audition. And programmers are asked to program. Why should…

Actually, it was invite-only when I was there. But that's sort of besides the point. It's irrelevant whether or not it's an "honor" to be on the hiring committee. The point is that…

First of all, when people are trying to diminutize your accomplishments -- saying that you don't deserve them -- it does matter. It affects not only your morale, but also your abil…

Also, think through what it would mean to actually get the offer (not the interview -- the offer itself) because you were female. Your recruiter isn't deciding who is getting an of…

The studies cited on the original article which this comment thread it attached to. Read the graphs there. Equally qualified women were rated as less competent. http://www.technolo…

It is unusual that all 5 people hired were female. But, remember that coincidences happen. There are plenty of schools in which all 15 people hired are male. Unless there is some r…

True, it is done with people whose qualifications are unknown. However, I would find it very hard to believe that the bias against attractive women in a "masculine" field would be …

Um. Read the studies. No, the odds aren't even. In technology, they're stacked against women. (And against black people in general.) (I would very much believe, however, that in ba…

As I recall being told by one of my professors as an MBA student, attractive people -- both men and women -- are generally assumed to be more competent. This effect is stronger for…

Anecdotally it may exist; statistically, however, it does not. Let's think about your "female friend" who has lousy technical chops and a 2.5 gpa at a mediocre state university. Is…

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Have you ever seen a white person not be good at their job? Yet you don't associate their failures with their race. Why do so with black people? Also, read the studies. Black peopl…

Interesting, but I disagree. (1) You can't assume that there are a lot of equally qualified A players for those companies. In fact, those companies struggle to hire enough qualifie…

It depends on how you look at it. Google wants people who have a strong understand of CS fundamentals (which includes knowing core data structures). Google also wants people who ar…

Yes, exactly. The nice thing about tech companies is that they're very casual, and really not caught up in "rules" about resumes. (That said, many resume rules do exist for good re…