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Same here. The reason was that the weaker and less privileged (female) candidate would have more to gain from getting the job; the stronger candidate would have no problems getting a job elsewhere anyways.

How do you argue against this? At the end of the day the job was just CRUD-glue work, so strong or weak didn't matter so much.

It can be more insidious than this. I have seen cases where candidates are not considered because the range of applicants is not yet diverse enough. By the time the interviews happen, those initial candidates are, of course, no longer be available.

> Yes, I know there are exceptions like this one.

PS. I really hope you protested against that.

Does it worry you that such action is illegal? Do you feel guilt?

Yikes, not wise to comment this...