I want to treat carefully as this is a hot button issue - and I'm not trying to defend Google at all but: >>But other male software engineers who were less qualified than Ellis or at the same level were promoted into Level 4 and higher positions, according to the suit. What is the proof that this is the case? Did Google admit that these candidates were "less qualified" than Ellis, or is it just the perception? Just b…
Honest question: Is note taking in interviews seen as necessary? I've always found it to be somewhat insulting when the interviewer has their head in their laptop or paper pad, and types furiously while I realize I'm already stumbling. It's a terrible dynamic, and I've tried to avoid doing that _aggressively_ in my own interviews; be engaging the interviewee, following along/trying not to seem distracted. I'm hard pr…
I suppose as an alternative you could record the interviews, but then that sort of doubles the amount of work needed for each interview which is also a problem when you're doing a whole bunch of them.