Re:What is the engineering hiring bar?
by charlesu on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:49PM
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Worked at FAANG. There are diversity programs because most engineers are white and Asian men with professional networks composed almost entirely of white and Asian men. Referrals are a big source of talent, so you can imagine what that does to our hiring pipeline. But there are no diversity hires. Everyone who's hired has to pass the bar.
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That's not entirely true because the bar isn't deterministic. For example, diverse candidates are given two attempts to pass a phone screen.
Candidates from well represented backgrounds are also given two attempts. It depends. In general, most candidates aren't given two attempts irrespective of background.
Many non "diverse" hires are also given two attempts.
Let's put it straight: most diverse candidates are given 2 attempts; while most regular candidates are given 1 attempt.