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Re:I Wouldn't Hire a Programmer With No Interest in Programm... by techiferous on Friday October 09, 2009 @12:33AM (#870638)
Yep. Discrimination is the whole point of interviewing job candidates. You are trying to discriminate between the ones fit for the job and the ones not. :)
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Re:I Wouldn't Hire a Programmer With No Interest in Programm... by gaius on Friday October 09, 2009 @06:51AM (#871061)
It depends on whether it's a coded way of asking if the candidate is married/has kids.

    Interviewer: Do you work on an open source project outside of work?
    Candidate: No, I'm too busy looking after my kids and Church activities
    Interviewer (thinking): Oh shit, I better have a damn good reason to give to HR if I reject this candidate...
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