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How is this uninclusive? I'm not arguing, just want to understand your analysis.

All of these seem to require a significant investment of time before the interview process gets kicked off, which is uninclusive because it biases the hiring process against candidates whose time outside of the office is consumed by taking care of their children. (Stereotypically, it’s borderline age-ism too because candidates in their 30s and 40s are much more likely to have children compared to people in their mid-twenties.)

>All of these seem to require a significant investment of time before the interview process gets kicked off, which is uninclusive because it biases the hiring process against candidates whose time outside of the office is consumed by taking care of their children.

You have to be kidding me. It also is biased against people whose time is spent playing video games or who do nothing at all.

Some jobs are meant for people at a certain point in their career. Sometimes you don't get to have everything at the same time.

People like you would argue it would be better to shut down hospitals than let doctors work long hours because those long hours might make women not want to do the job.

people who cannot spare the time are not the same group as people who choose recreation instead.

Some jobs are meant for people at a certain point in their career.

That should be determined by their employability, not the state of their personal life.

People like you would argue

No they wouldn’t; strawpeople don’t argue anything, they just fall over.

It filters out anyone without a few hours/days/a week to spend interviewing at your company (those without access to good hardware at home, those with familial or other after hours commitments, etc)

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