Timeline for Should a company simplify technical interviews just to increase diversity in workplace?
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 13:24 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere The kind of advice that lets you know that something may get into legal grey areas is not something that only lawyers are allowed to give. It's ridiculous to suggest that it is. Non-lawyers can't contact a lawyer every time they consider any action or get a comprehensive guide to life from a lawyer. People need to have a basic framework about when lawyers might need to be consulted. The upshot here is that you can't just assume that such things are legal. In any event the statement that someone might "make a case" doesn't qualify as legal advice. | |
| Jun 1, 2017 at 16:00 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere 'No, I will not "make a case that non-relevant questions are illegally discriminatory in the US"' No one said you were. Again, I speak for myself and you speak for yourself. "And I don't think folks who aren't lawyers should." You are free to your opinion. I think it's foolish to not understand the laws that apply to your activities. "I am not a lawyer" is not a defense for breaking laws and won't help you in court. If you look at relevant cases and SCOTUS decisions, it's not much of a stretch to argue this. Whether it would hold up is another thing. | |
| Jun 1, 2017 at 15:50 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere I made two statements: 1. I agree with your comment 2. I think a case can be made... Your response was "no". Which statement does "no" apply to here? No, I don't agree with your statement (not sure how you would know that) or no that's not what I think (again, how would you know?) | |
| Jun 1, 2017 at 14:33 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere Great then we can agree that whether I think something is true or not is not up for debate. | |
| May 31, 2017 at 19:50 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere I speak for myself and you speak for yourself. It's easier that way. | |
| May 31, 2017 at 17:28 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere When you respond with "no" it gives the impression that you are contradicting what I wrote initially. Perhaps you thought I was asking you a question? | |
| May 31, 2017 at 16:58 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere I am also not a lawyer but I studied this topic as part of an advanced degree. I can assure you that 'tests' that ask irrelevant questions can run you afoul of the EEOC. These are settled law. It's actually the case that even relevant tests can get you into trouble. Here's a reference. This is why many employers do not allow written tests of any kind in hiring processes. | |
| May 31, 2017 at 15:03 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | absolutely, and if reversing a string in place is relevant to the job, it should be asked. But if the job is HTML and CSS and interacting with users, should it be asked? But one hundred percent ask everyone the same questions | |
| May 31, 2017 at 14:37 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | At one level, I agree with this and have upvoted it. From a purely selfish point of view, if I were looking for a job I would want to be asked to demonstrate use of recursion, or how to reverse a string in place etc. I am not a great people person, I went to a good high school and university, with no need for jobs until after I graduated. On the other hand, I've loved puzzles as long as I can remember, and understood recursion, from studying lambda calculus, before becoming a programmer. Which all goes to show the folly of assuming women are a homogeneous group. | |
| May 31, 2017 at 14:15 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @JoeStrazzere I agree and I think you could even make a case that non-relevant questions are illegally discriminatory in the US: "If an employer requires job applicants to take a test, the test must be necessary and related to the job..." | |
| May 31, 2017 at 14:04 | history | edited | Kate Gregory | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 31, 2017 at 12:50 | history | answered | Kate Gregory | CC BY-SA 3.0 |