[Linux-aus] Ghosted?

[James Tobin]

Though it's a bit nuanced, could it be unconscious bias or even
discrimination toward the candidate through their association with the
said recruitment company?

On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 at 13:54, Russell Coker via linux-aus
<linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
>
> On Sunday, 27 July 2025 20:29:55 AEST James Tobin via linux-aus wrote:
> > c) Inappropriate comments directed at the recruiter and allegedly at
> > candidates during interviews.
>
> That seems to indicate you are better off not working there.  A CTO who does
> such things will hire line managers who also do it and get rid of managers who
> oppose it.
>
> On Sunday, 27 July 2025 12:11:02 AEST Adam Nielsen via linux-aus wrote:
> > Turns out the recruiter had been given some questions to ask potential
> > applicants (like a sort of test) to see if they knew their stuff, and
> > despite being told not to, the recruiter had been giving out the
> > questions to applicants so they could go home and Google all the
> > answers.  No surprise they came back looking so great.
>
> Once when applying for a contract with IBM the recruiting agent gave me the
> questions and answers and asked me to grade myself and tell them the result.
> The answers sheet had notes like "make sure the candidate knows the answers to
> these" so it was obviously not supposed to be shown to me.  I informed IBM and
> ended up not getting the position.  You create a disturbance and you don't get
> the job.  Hopefully IBM made the recruiting company do better.
>
> On Sunday, 27 July 2025 08:38:02 AEST James Tobin via linux-aus wrote:
> > Is this how employers should behave?
>
> As a job applicant there isn't a question of how the employer should behave,
> there's a question of what they are legally obliged to do and a question of
> whether their actions make you want to work for them.  In this case it seems
> that they did nothing illegal but you might want to avoid working for them.
>
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