You have to wonder the initial interviews for some of the more egregious examples.
"So, why do you want to work at MegaCorp?"
"(Unintelligible noises, one of the words might have been the word "English", but honestly it's 50/50.)"
"Sounds great, when can we promote you?"
Way back in the day, my university had a librarian whose first language was ASL. Yes, as in they were deaf to the point of not learning English first. They spoke English via lip reading and forcing air through mimicked lip reads. Not the most fluid speech, of course, but more understandable than a lot of people I've come across. If someone who literally has no idea what they're saying, since they can't hear what they're saying, speaks more clearly than you... You know, I think that would be a fine baseline. Can you speak more fluidly and comprehensibly than the profoundly deaf.
You have to wonder the initial interviews for some of the more egregious examples.
"So, why do you want to work at MegaCorp?"
"(Unintelligible noises, one of the words might have been the word "English", but honestly it's 50/50.)"
"Sounds great, when can we promote you?"
Way back in the day, my university had a librarian whose first language was ASL. Yes, as in they were deaf to the point of not learning English first. They spoke English via lip reading and forcing air through mimicked lip reads. Not the most fluid speech, of course, but more understandable than a lot of people I've come across. If someone who literally has no idea what they're saying, since they can't hear what they're saying, speaks more clearly than you... You know, I think that would be a fine baseline. Can you speak more fluidly and comprehensibly than the profoundly deaf.