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Re:Hire people who aren’t proven by snowwrestler on Thursday September 27, 2018 @11:55AM (#18085674)
Right, looking for signals of "passion" has to be done carefully so it doesn't become just a proxy for socioeconomic class. This is also true when thinking about "cultural fit" within a company.
Re:Hire people who aren’t proven by munificent on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:12PM (#18085840)
This is an interesting case where the laws around interviewing may make this harder.

What you want to measure in the interview is passion. What you can see is their accomplishment. But accomplishment is roughly passion × means. A rich person can accomplish more for the same effort because they have more power at their disposal.

But you can't easily cancel out means in the interview because you sure as hell can't ask any direct questions about their socioeconomic level, for good reason.