I don't agree with you in your first paragraph. when hiring you have to find someone that matches the company value, that fits in the team, etc. You could find a super nice developer, but if that person is an asshole you would be making a big mistake breaking the harmony inside the team/organization.
I find that part the most difficult to assess in interviews, I just follow my gut feelings.
Now, if the interviewer is racist, and doesn't want to have a particular race or whatever in the team, then that's another problem.
In my experience, the "cultural fit" thing is almost always an excuse to hide some kind of bias and to enforce a 'sameness' on the team. As I tried to indicate, this bias isn't always a legally protected one. For example, a bias toward only hiring people who attended certain schools or who have a particular background. This has already become a significant issue at the many tech companies, including the biggest of them. In some cases, it's becoming a legal one as they try to defend various hiring and firing practices.
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I don't agree with you in your first paragraph. when hiring you have to find someone that matches the company value, that fits in the team, etc. You could find a super nice developer, but if that person is an asshole you would be making a big mistake breaking the harmony inside the team/organization.
I find that part the most difficult to assess in interviews, I just follow my gut feelings.
Now, if the interviewer is racist, and doesn't want to have a particular race or whatever in the team, then that's another problem.
In my experience, the "cultural fit" thing is almost always an excuse to hide some kind of bias and to enforce a 'sameness' on the team. As I tried to indicate, this bias isn't always a legally protected one. For example, a bias toward only hiring people who attended certain schools or who have a particular background. This has already become a significant issue at the many tech companies, including the biggest of them. In some cases, it's becoming a legal one as they try to defend various hiring and firing practices.