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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If the person satisfies your firm's initial hiring requirements such that they are sitting in front of you, yes. Woman, minority, whatever. That's my approach. Give them preference. And that really just means that non-minority men have to absolutely shine in order to overcome that preference (or the minority or woman has to clearly be wrong for the position). That's how it works 95% of the time in the opposite direction.
TM
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The most honest thing a hiring partner ever said to me was "if you're sitting here, you already know you're qualified for the job. The interview is only to see how well you fit in." There are whole universes of meaning in that sentence.
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