A test of character? As in, "Are you the kind of person who can be tenacious enough to work under a manipulative bigot?" I'm trying hard to see your point of view, despite the baiting.
It's not baiting, in the wonderful world of work, you can expect to be on the receiving end of such comments. I speak from a position of experience.
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Re:Racial Fault Lines in Silicon Valley
by IOT_Apprentice on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @08:43PM
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So the CEO fostered such a culture from literally the start of his interview. It was a warning, that the CEO was racist and not a place to work at.
Re:Racial Fault Lines in Silicon Valley
by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @09:02PM
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In the wonderful world of work, these comments/questions are absolutely, unquestionably, without a doubt, inappropriate and should never happen.
Never.
Actually, I agree with you as far as it being a good test of character... on both ends though... i have been on and seen these kinds of interviews where the applicant is deliberately put in uncomfortable positions to see how they are going to react... In general i have found the that it works, it is a simple and incredibly efficient way to find out who can handle themselves, at the same time it clearly exposes the mentality of the interviewer.
The interviewer is showing they will use psychological manipulation to get what they want from you as efficiently as possible even if they know it causes you discomfort.
I personally don't think the interviewer was some extreme racist, he was just more or less a just a dick.
See another African American dude being racially profiled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uTP1fdFu0c