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Re: Ask HN: Getting rejected by HR for cultural reasons?

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Post by paulcole »

Souzana wrote: post #29
paulcole wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I’d take a deep look at what you just said and work on that first. Hard to imagine any company who wants women to be comfortable working there to think that you’re a good culture fit based on the 3 sentences here.

I'm sure she would like me more if i was a female. But apart from that, it wasn't just about her i think, others were also rude in a more subtle way. I really wouldn't like to work with them anyway.

You can tell yourself whatever story you like, but you’re the one who thought this was worth posting an Ask HN about.

> I'm sure she would like me more if i was a female.

Would she? If you were you but a woman would you still have so many issues with women? Would you call a woman working in HR an “HR lady”? Or would she just like you more if you had more respect for women?

Re: Ask HN: Getting rejected by HR for cultural reasons?

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Post by Souzana »

paulcole wrote: post #31
Souzana wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure she would like me more if i was a female. But apart from that, it wasn't just about her i think, others were also rude in a more subtle way. I really wouldn't like to work with them anyway.

You can tell yourself whatever story you like, but you’re the one who thought this was worth posting an Ask HN about. > I'm sure she would like me more if i was a female. Would she? If you were you but a woman would you still have so many issues with women? Would you call a woman working in HR an “HR lady”? Or would she just like you more if you had more respect for women?

Yes, of course I thought it's a good idea to post this, this is irrelevant. Anyway, after my experience with them I don't respect any of those people, no matter the gender. It's not really a gender issue here. I dislike them all equally xD

Re: Ask HN: Getting rejected by HR for cultural reasons?

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Post by paulcole »

Souzana wrote: post #32
paulcole wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can tell yourself whatever story you like, but you’re the one who thought this was worth posting an Ask HN about. > I'm sure she would like me more if i was a female. Would she? If you were you but a woman would you still have so many issues with women? Would you call a woman working in HR an “HR lady”? Or would she just like you more if you had more respect for women?

Yes, of course I thought it's a good idea to post this, this is irrelevant. Anyway, after my experience with them I don't respect any of those people, no matter the gender. It's not really a gender issue here. I dislike them all equally xD

Good luck with the job search.

Re: Ask HN: Getting rejected by HR for cultural reasons?

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Post by jsjsof »

joshxyz wrote: post #23

simply didn't pass the vibe check, sometimes it's just simple as that. and it's not unethical or illegal. what we think is right and what we feel right are two different things. maybe logically you're a great candidate, yet her gut feeling just tells her you're not a good fit there.

Discrimination is both unethical and illegal. People who reject based on vibe are bad people.

Re: Ask HN: Getting rejected by HR for cultural reasons?

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Post by SonOfKyuss »

gardenhedge wrote: post #30
SonOfKyuss wrote: post #7

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It’s also often a euphemism for not being a member of the same race/gender/age/class group as the rest of the team

Is it though? Why is it an accepted term for such a long time then? Culture here refers to the company's culture - not the candidates.

It can be both.

Re: Ask HN: Getting rejected by HR for cultural reasons?

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Post by curtisblaine »

SonOfKyuss wrote: post #14
giantg2 wrote: post #12

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Or political/mindset group

In my experience, both sides of an interview tend to avoid politics so that doesn’t often come into play directly. At least not in any of the technical interviews I’ve been a part of over multiple decades. Of course an interviewer may make assumptions about a candidate’s political positions based on the categories I mentioned in my original post (age, gender), but that type of fit would already be covered under those…

> In my experience, both sides of an interview tend to avoid politics

They do, but in many cases the interviewer looks at the social media profile of the candidates. It's always the most vocal on both sides that tend to fill their public profiles of loud political statements (so they're easy to spot) and many wouldn't hire an outspoken far right winger or a blatantly death-to-capitalism lib type in their team.

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