<story><title>Hire characters, not skill sets. My most important questions in interviews</title><url>http://voss.world/hire-characters-not-skill-sets-my-most-important-questions-in-interviews/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reflexorozy</author><text>This sounds like a cool idea, but I&amp;#x27;ve seen where hiring for personality often leads towards hiring discrimination. I think it&amp;#x27;s more likely to reinforce the lack of diversity in tech than to combat it as people unlike the interviewer tend to be viewed less favorably and would be less likely to be viewed as a person who could pick up the specific knowledge he&amp;#x2F;she doesn&amp;#x27;t already know.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>humanrebar</author><text>&amp;gt; I think it&amp;#x27;s more likely to reinforce the lack of diversity in tech than to combat it...&lt;p&gt;I have mixed feelings about this. I have a hard time valuing diversity for its own sake, especially since there are so many qualities to have diversity in, and especially since the ones that actually affect the organization (like diversity of perspective) are so hard to measure and quantify.&lt;p&gt;That being said, it&amp;#x27;s hard for me to sit in an interview and think, &amp;quot;Hmmmm... this is a diversity candidate, so I should ___________.&amp;quot;  I&amp;#x27;m not even sure what to put in that blank. And I feel like I&amp;#x27;m already discriminating since I&amp;#x27;m already treating this person like a demographic.&lt;p&gt;So what&amp;#x27;s the answer? Don&amp;#x27;t get to know any personalities? Treat everyone like a demographic? I&amp;#x27;m not sure that&amp;#x27;s an improvement.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hire characters, not skill sets. My most important questions in interviews</title><url>http://voss.world/hire-characters-not-skill-sets-my-most-important-questions-in-interviews/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reflexorozy</author><text>This sounds like a cool idea, but I&amp;#x27;ve seen where hiring for personality often leads towards hiring discrimination. I think it&amp;#x27;s more likely to reinforce the lack of diversity in tech than to combat it as people unlike the interviewer tend to be viewed less favorably and would be less likely to be viewed as a person who could pick up the specific knowledge he&amp;#x2F;she doesn&amp;#x27;t already know.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>takno</author><text>I feel like it&amp;#x27;s telling that he refers to the candidates as guys throughout</text></comment>