Ask HN: 50 job applications, 15 interviews, 7 onsites, and no offer

Re:Ask HN: 50 job applications, 15 interviews, 7 onsites, an... by avasylev on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:16AM (#13790759)

CEO is just publicly visible example, but at every level in Microsoft there're Indian, VP, managers, product managers, principal developers, regular developers. I think you can just browse/search Microsoft product managers thru linkedin to verify that. I'd be very surprised to see any bias towards any nationality at MS, given >50% of employees are foreign.

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Re:Ask HN: 50 job applications, 15 interviews, 7 onsites, an... by colmvp on Saturday March 04, 2017 @09:31AM (#13791014)

I don't doubt that Microsoft might actively try to counter implicit racism which is evident in their demographics, but I do believe there are stats that show there are clear disparities between number of Asians in professional jobs and number of Asians who end up getting promoted from their positions to C-level positions.

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Re:Ask HN: 50 job applications, 15 interviews, 7 onsites, an... by j45 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:31PM (#13794093)

There's no doubt "diversity" is corporate bs when it doesn't exist from the top down.

Such reflection also shines a light on how unreasonably hard some people, in any group are having to work to ensure organizations reflect society, and the nature of their sacrifices and commitment compared to others.

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Re:Ask HN: 50 job applications, 15 interviews, 7 onsites, an... by j45 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:28PM (#13794076)

The main reason I mentioned the CEO's, is outside of perceived differences or challenges, achieving goals often require becoming a lot better than one probably should have had to.

Attitude, curiosity, work ethic, being easy to get along with and work with others go a long way.

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