Comment by paxys
1 day ago
There are two ways to interview:
1. Make sure you pick every good candidate, but some bad candidates will slip through as well.
2. Make sure you reject every bad candidate, but some good candidates will fail as well.
Candidates want process #1, but companies have no reason to push for it. The cost of accidentally hiring a bad employee is simply too high, way more than rejecting a good employee. The current system in place prioritizes #2. Yes they are rejecting great candidates, and they are aware of it.
The article is suggesting that #2 will end up rejecting LOTS of good candidates (and potentially ALL female candidates)
Also I don't think being artificially picky is a better filter than just going with some gut feeling after weeding out candidates with fake credentials.
Being picky gives the illusion of choosing when you in practice are bound down by the process.