Who Y Combinator Companies Want

Post by gedrap » Thu, Dec 17, 2015, 8:07 AM UTC

TranquilMarmot wrote: post #518

Mc_Big_G wrote: post #293

I've had 10+ interviews in the last month and it's really a shit process. First of all, I'm terrible at technical interviews. There's just something about being in that "we're watching your every move" environment that makes me freeze. I found myself literally reading the same for loop line over and over again, not even trying to comprehend it, but rather zoning out on it as my brain continued to focus on what I thou…

This sounds like exactly my experience as of late with interviews, so it's nice to know I'm not alone; unfortunately, I don't have a "network" and live far away from where any "network" could be set up so I'm a little stuck in the mud.

Well, you ARE in the network right now. On HN :) networking doesn't have to be physical.

Post by TheCoelacanth » Mon, Dec 21, 2015, 2:23 PM UTC

lsc wrote: post #545

TheCoelacanth wrote: post #533

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely. The concept is known as disparate impact. A test which results in members protected classes being less likely to be selected is not allowed unless you can demonstrate that the test is connected to job performance. There is a famous case from the 70's where the company wasn't even allowed to require a high-school diploma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co .

I was expressing doubt at the idea that intelligence correlates with ethnicity.

Intelligence, perhaps not. IQ tests certainly do. And regardless of correlations with ethnicity, IQ tests would correlate with some mental disabilities, and people with those mental disabilities are also members of a protected class.

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