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Re:What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in... by nullify88 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:35AM (#24018793)
Maybe I'm not thinking about it properly, but if they would discriminate based on my photo, they'll probably do so once they see me in the flesh and give me some excuse to not hire me. I'd rather not go through the wasted effort of making it to a interview and they instead ghost me so I can focus on an employer that does want me.
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Re:What I learned from doing over 60 technical interviews in... by iso947 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:02AM (#24018933)
You are susceptible to bias at every stage. Maybe your application is filtered by a biased AI, maybe it’s a person, but you are giving more reasons to reject you before reaching the actual recruiters.

It’s far easier for a recruiter to discard a resume because of unconscious bias than the allow it to interfere at the interview level

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