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Hi! I think that this is really interesting because you'd get some people who'd look at this and take it as proof that women aren't as skilled when the reality is that the technical test was obviously putting of the applicants. As this was for a senior developer role, I would bet that many of them were annoyed by the fact that they're being made to do a test before anything else, basically having all of their prior experience dismissed. Another point is that was the technical test relevant? I've found that often those online technical tests are just annoying and a waste of everyone's time, that's probably why quite a few tried it and then gave up too!
We also have to be really careful with interviews too because people naturally judge the competence on others based on their own skills. So saying the woman was not as good as the other applicants who were men is not necessarily true. They may not have been as good fit for the role for sure but also there may have been biases there.
I hope that it changes too. I can't think of any other industry that has this sort of process!
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Hi! I think that this is really interesting because you'd get some people who'd look at this and take it as proof that women aren't as skilled when the reality is that the technical test was obviously putting of the applicants. As this was for a senior developer role, I would bet that many of them were annoyed by the fact that they're being made to do a test before anything else, basically having all of their prior experience dismissed. Another point is that was the technical test relevant? I've found that often those online technical tests are just annoying and a waste of everyone's time, that's probably why quite a few tried it and then gave up too!
We also have to be really careful with interviews too because people naturally judge the competence on others based on their own skills. So saying the woman was not as good as the other applicants who were men is not necessarily true. They may not have been as good fit for the role for sure but also there may have been biases there.
I hope that it changes too. I can't think of any other industry that has this sort of process!