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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
its just something that SHOULD NOT be brought up in an interview at all. regardless if it weighs or not
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i've got ten, maybe fifteen minutes to determine if you will gel with my current crew. you think i am not going to use everything within the lawi can to find out who you are? there are a whole lot of things that just shouldn't be, yet there they are. affirmative action is not only a detriment to the applicant, it goes way deeper than that. remember, there are a lot of applicants who hide things on their app and during the interview, so it's the interviewer's job to find out if there is anything under the surface or if the applicant looks as good as he is presenting himself.
yes, i said i would use his answer to my question as part of deciding whether to hire him or not. i never said i would use his race against him, tony. that is not splitting hairs, that is trying to find out who he is and if he would make a good addition to my team or not. i don't have a lot of time in an interview and my questions are broadly based enough to paint a fairly rough picture of who the applicant is. of course i am going to pick up on if something is left blank and there is nothing that says i can't ask him about that. he might not have seen it.
i'm out of the game, anyway. i just thought i would weigh in to give you one person's perspective. there really is no grand conspiracy. of course everything you say and do during the interview process is going to be put under a microscope. why give someone reason to suspect anything if there is nothing there? it's like yelling "bomb" on a plane or shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre...
once he signs the app i have to assume he is finished filling it out. not filling it out because you think it will be used against you is silly, by law no one can use your race as a determining factor. there is a whole science to hiring - that's why they have a personnel department (that and you would not believe how much time out of a day it takes to keep up on people's benefits).
to the OP: sorry your thread went a little wide of the target. it was necessary to fully state my position. there is no reason not to fill out that little box. it really won't be used to not hire you.