Had an interesting experience interviewing candidates for a technical job a few weeks back. Probably would have done great in the job but I sense I may have dodged a bullet.
Video interview starts and she's got light neon green problem glasses. No other red flags. A bit haughty as the interview goes on so I like to push buttons to test people out when I see smoke. So I've pushed a little here and there just to get hackles up a bit. I then inform her, as I do all female candidates, that this is a male dominated workplace, as some might be uncomfortable with that. She says very snippily "Will that be a problem" and I respond very matter-of-factly "Not if I hire the right candidate". Hehe, I could tell that clenched her cheeks.
Anyway, I did end up offering it to her but, as I sensed based on the give and take, she turned it down.
So you offered her the job anyways, and the only reason she didn’t become a leftist landmine at your place of work is that she decided not to be one. If she had been 1% more insidious, you might have a gigantic problem on your hands.
You should have nixed her the moment you saw the glasses.
I do have to have to refrain from irrational bias, and I did not see enough to warrant not hiring, especially when two others were in the session and aren't going to necessarily see what I see. I'm just sharing an anecdote and will stick with my decades of hiring experience, thanks.
Had an interesting experience interviewing candidates for a technical job a few weeks back. Probably would have done great in the job but I sense I may have dodged a bullet.
Video interview starts and she's got light neon green problem glasses. No other red flags. A bit haughty as the interview goes on so I like to push buttons to test people out when I see smoke. So I've pushed a little here and there just to get hackles up a bit. I then inform her, as I do all female candidates, that this is a male dominated workplace, as some might be uncomfortable with that. She says very snippily "Will that be a problem" and I respond very matter-of-factly "Not if I hire the right candidate". Hehe, I could tell that clenched her cheeks.
Anyway, I did end up offering it to her but, as I sensed based on the give and take, she turned it down.
So you offered her the job anyways, and the only reason she didn’t become a leftist landmine at your place of work is that she decided not to be one. If she had been 1% more insidious, you might have a gigantic problem on your hands.
You should have nixed her the moment you saw the glasses.
I do have to have to refrain from irrational bias, and I did not see enough to warrant not hiring, especially when two others were in the session and aren't going to necessarily see what I see. I'm just sharing an anecdote and will stick with my decades of hiring experience, thanks.