Re:IBM's Asshole Test
by bavila on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:45PM
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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.
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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'.