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Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by stevenwoo on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:02PM (#16703291)
How did you get hired for email archival? Started looking at online applications and every single one has something like "Why do you want to work for us?" and yesterday I saw "How do you add to our diversity?"
Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by gaustin on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:41PM (#16704129)
What's the problem with those questions?
Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by bartread on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:17AM (#16704459)
I wouldn't be surprised to find that in the UK it's illegal to ask a candidate "How do you add to our diversity?" because it could be seen as a thinly veiled way to, for example, discover a candidate's sexual preference - something you are outright not allowed to ask about, except in very specific circumstances[1].

(Also, it's an insufferably pretentious question, even if not actually illegal.)

[1] E.g., it might be legally acceptable for a role in a religious organisation.

Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by goostavos on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:24AM (#16704482)
I'd argue that they're stupid questions.

What do you stand to learn about the quality/fit of a candidate from the question "why do you want to work with us?"

They could give a 100% bombshell answer and yet not at all fit the role.

Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by tremon on Thursday March 29, 2018 @07:39AM (#16706160)
The latter is not a question the applicant is qualified to answer. Specifically, "how do you add to <our team>" can only be answered by someone that already knows the team. To me it signals that the recruiter is lazy and expects me, as applicant, to do his job for him.
Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by stevenwoo on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @11:46PM (#16704362)
Sorry, was trying to figure out how the commenter got past those filtering questions.