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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by ChuckNorris89 on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:10AM (#22263843)
Germany is not as egalitarian as the US when it comes to preventing discrimination for job applicants.

Normally, in Germany, in your resume you should have a photo and specify your birthday/age and nationality, especially important when applying at traditional engineering companies. This opens you up for a lot of silent discrimination.

So, if they reject you for being the wrong age, nationality or skin color (yes that happens, a former German manager explicitly told HR he doesn't want Indian candidates on his team) or for speaking German with a strange accent, they definitely don't want this information getting back to you as you can sue them for that so the only feedback you're gonna get is the legally safe copy-paste "unfortunately, we're looking for a candidate that better suits our needs".

Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by hvidgaard on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:14AM (#22263860)
I'm not from the US, but Denmark and we basically have the same laws. You don't tell them you don't want them because they're Indian, that shouldn't be a factor anyway, but because they're not the best fit due to skill/social/experience/whatever legally matters.