These are reasonable points in the context of normal everyday life. However, when making a hiring decision, there are likely to be several competent candidates who could all do the job just as well as any other. If you've got an easy way to filter out potentially problematic candidates based on their soft skills, might as well do so to avoid a bad hire. There's no room for giving the benefit of the doubt in this context.
Re:IBM's Asshole Test
by johnnyanmac on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:52PM
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>There's no room for giving the benefit of the doubt in this context.
really depends on the candidate and the situation. We dont have the context for neither here. If a truly senior candidate who has deep domain knowledge interviews, they may not be dinged as much if they gave a service worker a low tip or complained about the smell of the car.
But sure, for some college candidate in a yearly hiring spree that are all from top schools, maybe that is the little bit of a filter needed to make a difference.
Re:IBM's Asshole Test
by wolverine876 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:47PM
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Perhaps, but that doesn't make the candidate a 'shit person'.
That attitude seems the same one that judges service workers. IME, and based on what I know of humanity, people act badly because they feel vulnerable; they are scared or anxious. It's still bad behavior, but they aren't 'shit people'.
If bad behavior damns us, then we all qualify. The mistake is judging others, and lacking empathy and humility.
> I’ve been in extremely stressful situations in my life involving lots of travel and I’ve yet to “take it out” on a third party.
We all act badly sometimes; if you really think you don't, you are not seeing it. It's not ok in the situation, but it's ok in terms of our humanity. Apologize and work to do better.