Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
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Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
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Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#2The obsession with biases is a form of bias, you not only have to check what fake name you are submitting, you must make sure the people reading it are the same, that the mood of the people reading its the same and that their way of thinking hasn't changed much; such psychological uncertainties are the same reason psychology experiments are hard to replicate. Not to mention the randomness of things like if your resume was the first one thew saw or the last one, and many other things you have no knowledge or control over.
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#3The obsession with biases is a form of bias, you not only have to check what fake name you are submitting, you must make sure the people reading it are the same, that the mood of the people reading its the same and that their way of thinking hasn't changed much; such psychological uncertainties are the same reason psychology experiments are hard to replicate. Not to mention the randomness of things like if your resum…
Alternatively, if you are non-white and you have a name like Jamal, don't overthink it, call yourself Michael instead.
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#4Of course they do, because we judge people based on what their names tell us about the environment they probably came from. If you have room in your schedule for one interview and you have to choose between "Mary Smith", "Sha'Quonda Jones", and "Bubba-Joe Hartford", you know damn well which one of them is getting your time.
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#5The obsession with biases is a form of bias, you not only have to check what fake name you are submitting, you must make sure the people reading it are the same, that the mood of the people reading its the same and that their way of thinking hasn't changed much; such psychological uncertainties are the same reason psychology experiments are hard to replicate. Not to mention the randomness of things like if your resum…
I completely agree that the questions that we choose to ask determine the knowledge that we get. This experiment is clearly situated within the positivist view of research.
However I don't think that invalidates the result, the whole point of randomization of people into the conditions (here the names) is to control for these latent variables like you've talked about (way of reading, mood, etc).
Are you critiquing randomization in general or this specific experiment?
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#6Of course they do, because we judge people based on what their names tell us about the environment they probably came from. If you have room in your schedule for one interview and you have to choose between "Mary Smith", "Sha'Quonda Jones", and "Bubba-Joe Hartford", you know damn well which one of them is getting your time.
The one with the most relevant experience on their resume?
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#7The obsession with biases is a form of bias, you not only have to check what fake name you are submitting, you must make sure the people reading it are the same, that the mood of the people reading its the same and that their way of thinking hasn't changed much; such psychological uncertainties are the same reason psychology experiments are hard to replicate. Not to mention the randomness of things like if your resum…
Alternatively, if you are non-white and you have a name like Jamal, don't overthink it, call yourself Michael instead.
Or, if you're white and think everybody is overthinking this, just call yourself Jamal.
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#8Of course they do, because we judge people based on what their names tell us about the environment they probably came from. If you have room in your schedule for one interview and you have to choose between "Mary Smith", "Sha'Quonda Jones", and "Bubba-Joe Hartford", you know damn well which one of them is getting your time.
You're getting down voted (at the time of my comment), but industry hiring practices tend to agree with you.
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#9Of course they do, because we judge people based on what their names tell us about the environment they probably came from. If you have room in your schedule for one interview and you have to choose between "Mary Smith", "Sha'Quonda Jones", and "Bubba-Joe Hartford", you know damn well which one of them is getting your time.
You're getting down voted (at the time of my comment), but industry hiring practices tend to agree with you.
Why shouldn't the practices be changed when you have control though? If the comment said "today's practices" then I wouldn't have downvoted, it's accurate. I downvoted this because of the use of the word "you", which implies the poster would choose it themselves.
Re: Can fake names create bias in interviewing?
#10Of course they do, because we judge people based on what their names tell us about the environment they probably came from. If you have room in your schedule for one interview and you have to choose between "Mary Smith", "Sha'Quonda Jones", and "Bubba-Joe Hartford", you know damn well which one of them is getting your time.
There are 9 people in the world called 'han solo'.
https://ew.com/article/2015/12/17/star-wars-names/